http://www.fearofflyingphobia.com/flysohigh.html
I used this website to answer my question, "Why do airplanes fly so high?" This was a very helpful website and gave many reasons and explanations on why airplanes fly so high in the atmosphere. A couple of these reasons are: best fuel efficiency occurs when the plane gets into the mid 30 000’s and up, and as altitude increases the air becomes thinner and offers less resistance to objects flying through. This is why less thrust is required which helps the aircraft to fly more efficiently.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/flight/modern/airplanes.htm
I used this website to answer my question, "What are the four main aerodynamic forces that affect an airplane?" This website had lots of good information and helped me get started with my research. The four main aerodynamic forces are: lift, weight, thrust, and drag. It provided me with a basic understanding of how planes work and answered my question well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUehWUoiPHQ
In this video, a guy explained the forces on an airplane and how flaps affect it. Even though I didn't explain flaps in my final project, this video explained exactly what happens when flaps are used in terms of how the plane will respond. This helped me understand when flaps should be used and how to use them. It was very well done and had good visuals and step-by-step guides.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGtyR6Ah5xQ
Even though I already learned about how planes fly from the website, "How Stuff Works", this video was great for reinforcing that understanding. It explained the four main aerodynamic forces, Bernoulli's principle, and air pressure. It was helpful for me to see it in video form because I get more out of something that has a visual rather than just hearing something or reading text.
I used this website to answer my question, "Why do airplanes fly so high?" This was a very helpful website and gave many reasons and explanations on why airplanes fly so high in the atmosphere. A couple of these reasons are: best fuel efficiency occurs when the plane gets into the mid 30 000’s and up, and as altitude increases the air becomes thinner and offers less resistance to objects flying through. This is why less thrust is required which helps the aircraft to fly more efficiently.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/flight/modern/airplanes.htm
I used this website to answer my question, "What are the four main aerodynamic forces that affect an airplane?" This website had lots of good information and helped me get started with my research. The four main aerodynamic forces are: lift, weight, thrust, and drag. It provided me with a basic understanding of how planes work and answered my question well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUehWUoiPHQ
In this video, a guy explained the forces on an airplane and how flaps affect it. Even though I didn't explain flaps in my final project, this video explained exactly what happens when flaps are used in terms of how the plane will respond. This helped me understand when flaps should be used and how to use them. It was very well done and had good visuals and step-by-step guides.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGtyR6Ah5xQ
Even though I already learned about how planes fly from the website, "How Stuff Works", this video was great for reinforcing that understanding. It explained the four main aerodynamic forces, Bernoulli's principle, and air pressure. It was helpful for me to see it in video form because I get more out of something that has a visual rather than just hearing something or reading text.