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Flaps - Answer Location: Aft/Trailing Edge
Purposes: (1) Increase lift by directing airflow downward (2) When stretched,
increases surface area (3) Reduces the velocity necessary for takeoff and
landing.

Slats - Location: Leading Edge

Purpose: Keep lift at low speeds when stretched.


Spoilers - Answer Location: On the wings of many turbine-powered aircraft.

Purpose: Destroy leftover lift after landing, placing the plane's complete weight
on the landing gear.

How: Hinged panels that slide up after landing improve tire friction on the
runway, thus improving deceleration.


Air brakes

ANSWER Location: High-performance airplane.

Purpose: Helps to slow the aircraft and increases the rate of fall during flight.

NOT intended to ruin lifts.

Spar - Answer It is the main structural component of a wing and runs its entir
e length.


Ribs - Answer Attached perpendicular to the spar.

Increases the wing's strength and structure.

, Airplanes that fly below the speed of sound usually feature wings that are
perpendicular to the aircraft's longitudinal axis.


ANSWER: Jet plane wings are swept back.


Swept back wings: ANSWER Delay the drag caused by air compressibility at
high supersonic speeds.


Delta Wing - ANSWER Triangular shape


Variable Geometry Wings: ANSWER Allow the pilot to swing the wings
forward, almost perpendicular to the fuselage, for takeoff, landing, and low-
speed flight.


Parts of an airplane: Fuselage, Wings, Empennage.


Fuselage - Answer Nose Section: Cockpit and Cabin.


Empennage - Answer Tail Section: Vertical Stabilizer and Rudder and
Horizontal Stabilizer and Elevator (or Stabilator)


Stabilator - ANSWER An all-moving horizontal elevator with stabilizers.


Aileron - Answer Location: Outer, trailing edge of wing.

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