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Can anyone confirm the above method is correct?

So the answer would 10^2 + 6^2 = 136 and then find the square root of 136? This would come out to a decimal though and I'm sure there was no answer with a decimal.

Sorry, I'm not sure how to do that, had a look in goggle and some textbooks, but got nothing simple. I'm 11, and this is beyond the scope of my current course at school, this was off a paper from ground school (flight school), I'm trying to get to grips with it in my spare time to aid my...

Homework Statement This was from a recent paper we did in class, I've tried to re-create the drawing as best I can. http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/378/14264945.jpg The options were (I think) a) 10n b) 6n c) 4n d) 2n Homework Equations Not sure The Attempt at a SolutionI'm not sure how...

Hello, thank you for the reply. I'm only 11 years old, but I want to be a pilot when I'm older so I'm trying to learn what I can about aerodynamics and I came across this question, please go easy on me :redface: I think from what I've read, that there is equal lift and equal weight, so...

If an aircraft is flying in a straight line, are there no forces acting on it, or is there an upward force acting on it?