Username:   Password:   
   
    Aircraft Forum
Index  FAQ  Search  Memberlist  Usergroups  Profile  Register
 Log in to check your private messages
No FRICTION, woohoo.....? [but how]?
  Post new topic   Reply to topic x-Aircraft-x.com Forum Index » General Aircraft Forum     
Message
The Name     Reply with quote
If there was no friction (i.e drag, air resistance) Would'nt aeroplanes be faster and so travel in less time. They would be more effecient, right.....?
hehe     Reply with quote
How would they take off or land??? You need friction in the tires. And if you follow the chain reaction backwards, humanity would not be manufacturing stuff coz we count on friction for simple things as writing on pad, holding onto things.

Besides if the plane is air borne-- already by some magic-- How would you stirr it without wind resistance??
Dudley     Reply with quote
No air resistance, no lift, no need for airplanes. We'd have to come up with some other way to defy gravity huh?
Couture     Reply with quote
How would you control the aircrafts? There would be no reaction when you activate your control surfaces, or apply the brakes etc.
Coach     Reply with quote
For landing thrust must be less than drag, and lift must be less than weight.

Yes drag is important.
Kim     Reply with quote
Without drag and air resistance, there would be no lift. The plane would not go anywhere. Lift and drag are flipsides of the same coin. You cannot have one without the other.
Display posts from previous:   
  Post new topic   Reply to topic x-Aircraft-x.com Forum Index » General Aircraft Forum     

Lates Messages



You can post new topics in this forum
You can reply to topics in this forum
You can edit your posts in this forum
You can delete your posts in this forum
You can vote in polls in this forum