How does a very heavy jumbo jet take off ?

Question

In Simple vocab. please ( For homework)

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Answer 1

Simple formula for anything that flies...

When lift (from the wings in this case) plus thrust (a jumbo jet's engines are very powerful and apply lots of thrust) is greater than load (the weight of the plane, passengers, etc,) plus drag (the residences of the plane to move forward through the air), anything will fly.

Lift + Thrust > Load + Drag

Answer 2

The heaviest Jumbo has very powerful engines and fairly large area wings so that when the plane acheives a high enough speed on land, the lift under the wings is sufficient to lift the plane.

Big and heavy planes need a long runway compared to small, light planes to take off or land.

Answer 3

It flaps it's wings very very fast.


Nah not really, the principle is the same for all fixed wing aircraft (Harriers being the exception) they just burn more fuel during takeoff than lighter planes. Due to the lift created by the wing size they only have to accelerate to about the same speed as other aircraft but they take longer to get there so need a longer runway.If you need to a comparison take a small family car and a lorry/truck they can both reach 50 mph but the car will get there a lot sooner than the truck.

Answer 4

The same way that all aircraft take off. The difference in air pressure that is passing over and under the wings causes lift, which in turn gives the plane take off and flight.

Answer 5

If any object has greater thrust and lift than it's mass and drag, it will fly.

Answer 6

With very big engines

Answer 7

Start slowly, then faster, faster, faster, point of no return, SHOOT!