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Introduction

Summary

The 4 main forces that act on an airplane in flight arer illustrated. If the forces are balanced, the aircraft cruises at constant velocity.

Goals

• To show that a net force of zero results in uniform rectilinear motion.
• To show the laminar airflow around the wing

Features

Click on 'forces' to display the forces.

Drag the to reveal the airflow.

Tags

lift force vector plane bernoulli intrados extrados Bernoulli