Math in Action - Flight of Airplanes and Animals

Post date: Apr 10, 2013 10:43:12 PM

Here are some neat links about the math and physics involved in flight

Planes

http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/k-12/airplane/forces.html

http://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/flight/modern/airplanes3.htm

Animals

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/vertebrates/flight/physics.html

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/education-videos/edu-fly-mon-9-quetzel/

Airfoils

http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/~dag/lectures/Flight_Dec12-2003.pdf