Flight: What is one of mankind’s greatest achievements, has taken many changes, cosmetic and internal. It has transformed from the Wright brother’s plane at Kitty Hawk to today’s modern jet fighters and massive commercial airlines. These days, many engineers strive to increase efficiency in numerous ways, such as aerodynamics or weight, but did you know, that just by changing the angle of a planes airfoil, it is possible to drastically alter the amount of lift, and drag, produced by the airplane? Even though it may seem as easy as changing an angle, other factors like those previously mentioned, pressure, temperature, and air density, all have an effect on how much lift force is produced.
According to Sir Isaac Newton's third law of motion, for every action there is an equal, yet opposite reaction. When regarding a plane’s airfoil this it true, in the fact that while the front of the airfoil is lifted, the accelerated air is displaced in the opposite direction, causing lift.
2006-11-04 07:46:49 · 6 answers · asked by legendaryfrog 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
Flight
One of mankind's greatest achievements has taken many changes, both cosmetic and internal. Flight has transformed from the Wright brothers' plane at Kitty Hawk to today's modern jet fighters and massive commercial airlines. These days engineers strive to increase efficiency in numerous ways, such as improved aerodynamics or weight. But did you know that just by changing the angle of a plane's airfoil, it is possible to alter the amount of lift and drag produced by the airplane?
Even though it may seem as easy as changing an angle, other factors, like pressure, temperature and air density, all have an effect on how much lift force is produced.
According to Sir Isaac Newton's third law of motion, for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. For a plane's airfoil this is true; in fact while the front of the airfoil is lifted, the accelerated air is displaced in the opposite direction, causing lift.
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I hope this helped. I edited and made your prose a bit tighter, and fixed some minor run on sentences.
Cheers, K
2006-11-04 08:00:55 · answer #1 · answered by Kate 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Without really changing your content, I would have made the following edits:
Flight, one of mankind’s greatest achievements has undergone many changes, both cosmetically and internally. It has transformed from the Wright brothers' plane at Kitty Hawk to today’s modern jet fighters and massive commercial airlines. These days, many engineers strive to increase overall efficiency in numerous areas, such as aerodynamics and weight, but did you know, that just by changing the angle of a plane's airfoil, it is possible to drastically alter the amount of lift and drag, produced by the airplane? Even though it may seem as simple as changing an angle, other factors including pressure, temperature, and air density, all have an effect on how much lift force is produced.
According to Sir Isaac Newton's third law of motion, for every action there is an equal, yet opposite reaction. With respect to a plane’s airfoil, this law is evidenced by the fact that while the front of the airfoil is lifted, the accelerated air is displaced in the opposite direction, causing lift.
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But that's just how I would proof it. Some suggestions to consider, but keep it your own.
Good luck!
2006-11-04 08:06:12 · answer #2 · answered by jr 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wright brothers' // check the apostrophe
2006-11-04 07:56:53 · answer #3 · answered by Philip H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's a lot of errors. I suggest you let a "real person" who is very good in grammer proof it for you. I for one, don't have the time!
2006-11-04 07:55:53 · answer #4 · answered by Rea 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are willing to pay me, I will proofread this. Let me know.
2006-11-04 07:50:19 · answer #5 · answered by Me again 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
other than a couple too many comma's, it's good.
2006-11-04 07:54:30 · answer #6 · answered by blackratsnake 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋