AEROMODELLING

Since the dawn of history, man has tried to complete with the best teacher in history, Nature. Seeing birds fly, it is but natural that man desired soaring the skies.With the advent in aviation many advances have been made in aerospace technology.

       Aeromodelling which can be defined as the science of making and flying aircraft, designs helps us know the vast subject of Aeronautics. Aeromodelling thus can be described as the first step towards Aerospace.

      The models of an aircraft can be either 3-D or 2-D.

      Aeromodelling is often descirbed as the preliminary step to the science of aviation. This hobby can be a source of fun as well as a fountain of knowledge.

      Before we began with aeromodelling, we might take a brief insight into the history of aviation.
      For aeons, the inquisitive mankind has gazed into the mysterious abyss of skies. From the ancient Vimanas to the mordern discovery of airplanes in 1903 by Orville and Wilbur Wright, airplanes have ruled over our imagination.
      We first began with the principle of Aeromodelling

PRINCIPLE OF AEROMODELLING:-
      An Aeroplane is heavier than aircraft. Hence to enable level of flight there should be a force capable of balancing its weight. According to Newton's Third law-"To every action there is equal and opposite reaction."
  1. The air opposes the flight of the airplane, This results in a force acting on the plane, known as "Drag".
  2. The weight of the plane causes another downward acting force known as aeroplane weight.
  3. The force supplied by the power plant (Engine) of the aircraft is known as "Thrust".
  4. Wings create the upward acting force called "lift".
      These forces constitute a a principle called "Bernoulli's Principle".

      In Aeromodelling, we mainly deal wtih "lift". Lift is produced by the typical shape of the cross-section of the called the aerofoil section of the wing.

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