MitchHellman
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A helicopter can hover, but in general an airplane stays aloft because of the flow of air across its wings-- so the answer is pretty much no. A Harrier jump jet can go straight up, but it really can't stand still for very long and expends a heck of a lot of energy doing it. |
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xaerius
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No. The lifting action of an airplane is caused by the movement of the air over the shape of the wing.
The air moving over the top goes over a curved surface which reduces the top pressure. The air moving under the wing is able to pass straight back, creating more pressure under the wing. This creates the lift. If an airplane stopped moving forward, it would fall.
Helicopters, on the other hand, can be still in the air because the lift is on the rotary wings, which are always moving. |
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Jujeaux
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for just a second rite before it looses momentum and goes into a crash dive |
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ralph
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no because it is the air that goes over the wing that gives it lift |
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isabel_ro1981
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No. Only a helicopter can do that. |
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Dan
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Yes!! If the plane is configured properly it can "stand still", i.e., not moving over the ground, if the wind speed is great enough to maintain lift, power is at a rate to sustain altitude and drag is sufficient to maintain an equilibrium. You can actually fly "backwards" relative to the ground if the wind speed is great enough. Done it several times in a Cessna 150. |
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NewInvestor780
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Common guys the answher is YES!
( If its in space ) |
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shajancool
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no,not at all.It allwats have to keep moving or else it will go down. |
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DonDilly
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the Simple answer is YES
If the forward thrust is cancelled by the oncoming windspeed and the wind is fast enough for the air flowing over the wings to provide lift to the aircraft and equal t the airspeed of the plane. It will stand still with respect to the ground
Lift is provided by the airspeed over the wing, not the aircraft's motion relative to the ground.
With no wind the only other way for a plane to stand still in mid air is if it has some other means of providing lift such as the thrusters on the (British designed) Harrier Jump Jet as used by the Royal navy, the RAF and the US Marines |
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(PdB.)
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Not at all!
Only helicopters can do this. |
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AnswerBot 3000
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Only if its not an airplain. |
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Ashley
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NOOOOO |
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brett
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They most definately can...and in two different ways. The first way is to slow the airplane up to the point where it almost doesn't want to fly anymore (this is called slow flight and is a commonly practiced in flight training). This puts the speed down to 30-50mph depending on the plane. At altitude it's common to have winds that match this speed. Heading into the wind, this will cause the aircrafts movement over the ground to be 0. It's a pretty odd feeling to look out the window and seeing the ground not going anywhere. The second way is to do an aerobatic manuever called the torque roll. This can only be done by very skilled pilots in very light, overpowered aircraft. The pilot points the aircraft's nose in the air. As the aircraft slows down the pilot applies power. This allows the airport to "hover" in a nose staight up attitude. Basically, the airplane becomes a helicopter. |
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