{"id":3400,"date":"2011-12-29T11:58:09","date_gmt":"2011-12-29T00:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/?p=3400"},"modified":"2011-12-29T11:58:09","modified_gmt":"2011-12-29T00:58:09","slug":"ask-us-can-an-airplane-fly-upside-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/science\/ask-us-can-an-airplane-fly-upside-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask Us: Can an airplane fly upside down?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3401\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 605px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/shutterstock_58187740.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3401\" title=\"shutterstock_58187740\" src=\"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/shutterstock_58187740-e1324271836375.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"401\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brandon Bourdages \/ Shutterstock.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>It all depends of the engine and the pilot.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Almost all airplanes are capable of taking a 360-degree roll or making a loop, but not all of them can fly upside down for very long, as doing so requires an extremely potent engine, a skilled pilot and a special wing profile. For example, if the wing is flat-bottomed with a considerable curve on the top side, the aircraft is not suited for flying upside down.<\/p>\n<p>A noninverted airplane stays aloft because the wind meets its wings at what is called the angle of attack at great speed. At this angle, the necessary lift is generated; if an aircraft is to fly upside down, the pilot must see to it that the wind meets the wings at the right angle in this position as well. The plane must also be constructed so that the supply of oil and fuel does not stop, and it must fly at a speed guaranteeing that it doesn&#8217;t stall.<\/p>\n<p>Got a burning science question?<\/p>\n<p>Send us your questions to <a href= \" letters@scienceillustrated.com.au \" target=\"blank\">letters@scienceillustrated.com.au<\/a>. If we publish the answer on our website or in the next issue of Science Illustrated you could win amazing prices!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It all depends of the engine and the pilot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,8,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-physics","category-science","category-technology"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3400"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3400"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3454,"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3400\/revisions\/3454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}