Build A Plane.org LookUp!/Additional resources

More information about specific topics beyond the general information provided in the links above.

How-to


 * Hints for Homebuilders - lots of great how to videos from EAA workshops - new videos being added weekly

Flight, pilot training


 * Aero Scholars – high school program – two online aviation courses, lecture material, educational video, 3D animations, interactive questions, and other multimedia learning tools.


 * EAA / Sporty’s Young Eagles Ground School

Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)


 * AOPA Pilots and Teachers Handbook (PATH) effectively connects math, science, physics, history, and technology to the basics of general aviation.


 * Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum - aspect ratio, science in your airplane seat


 * Kahn Academy - online video lessons in a wide range of math and science topics

People, places and events


 * Aviation pioneers

Resources, directories and libraries


 * Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum


 * NASA Education - Glenn, [Ames]


 * Van's Aircraft - Resources information and contacts for RV kit aircraft builders of interest to other plane projects

Lift, drag, thrust and gravity


 * The Airfoil Misconception in K-6 Textbook - Since the upper surface of the wing is longer, it causes the upper air to flow faster than the lower, which (by Bernoulli's principle) creates lower ...


 * Bernoulli's Principle Examples: Airplane Wings and Curve Balls - A flying airplane, a curve ball in baseball, and a ping pong ball in a funnel are all examples of Bernoulli's principle.


 * Bernoulli's theorem is just a statement of the law of conservation of energy and so it is true for airplane wings. Newton's law of action and reaction is ...


 * Bernoulli and Wings - the faster air on top of the wing creates a lower air pressure (Bernoulli's principle) on top of the wing than below it. providing lift


 * Bernoulli's Principle Animation - Bernoulli's Principle states that as the speed of a moving fluid ... For clear and thorough explanations of airplane wings,


 * Bernoulli's equation and an airplane's wing - Physics question - Bernoulli's equations explain 100 of the lifting force.


 * DiscoverHover Curriculum Guide #8 - Bernoulli's Principle - One of the most widely used applications of Bernoulli's principle is in the airplane wing. Wings are shaped so that the top side of the wing is curved.