A | B |
glider | a plane with no engine |
tow | one way to get up in the air |
towplane | a plane that tows the glider up |
wingspan | the length of both wings combined |
airspeed indicator | the insterment that measures your speed |
stabalizer | fin that keeps plane stable |
rudder | controls yaw of plane |
spoilers | cuts down on lift that wings produce |
thermal | a spot of warm rising air |
pilot | person who flies the plane |
towrope | how the towplane and glider are connected |
flight log | where the pilot keeps track of his flights |
airspeed | the speed in which you are traveling at. |
variometer | insterment that tells you if you are going up or down |
elevator | fin that moves up and down that controls pitch |
flaps | increases lift and slows glider down |
divebrakes | slows plane down and decreases lift |
canopy | the clear gass that covers cocpit |
yaw | the left or right angle in which the plane is in |
pitch | the up or down angle of the plane |