Nose pitch in flight...
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Nose pitch in flight...
Hi ya'll...I was wondering, as i have been for the past 3 years or so, why do the flight attendants have to PUSH their trolleys toward the nose of the a/c and stop them rolling away when facing the tail of the aircraft, as if the nose is constantly 'nose up' during flight? I remember watching a video ages ago about it, but cannot for the life of me remember..
Smooths skies,
Dan
Smooths skies,
Dan
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Ok, wings generate lift most efficiently when they are at a 4 degree angle to the airflow (angle of attack).
The wing is attatched to the fuselage at about 2 degrees (angle of incidence).
Therefore the fuselage will be tilted nose up by 2 degrees.
Why they dont just make the angle of incidence 4 degrees and have a level fuselage I dont know, but I'm sure there is a reeason!
The wing is attatched to the fuselage at about 2 degrees (angle of incidence).
Therefore the fuselage will be tilted nose up by 2 degrees.
Why they dont just make the angle of incidence 4 degrees and have a level fuselage I dont know, but I'm sure there is a reeason!
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HPsov,
If the angle of incidence was greater then in order to achieve a satisfactory take off the rotation would have to be different i guess. Dont know about the scarebus but the 757 tail comes scarily close to the ground anyway !! My brain cant work out the angles but i guess that might have something to do with it ??
Or perhaps angle of attack required during take off roll ???
[This message has been edited by expedite_climb (edited 06 January 2001).]
If the angle of incidence was greater then in order to achieve a satisfactory take off the rotation would have to be different i guess. Dont know about the scarebus but the 757 tail comes scarily close to the ground anyway !! My brain cant work out the angles but i guess that might have something to do with it ??
Or perhaps angle of attack required during take off roll ???
[This message has been edited by expedite_climb (edited 06 January 2001).]