How do the planes lift their nose during take off while their rear wheels are still on the ground?

Question

How do the planes lift their nose during take off while their rear wheels are still on the ground?

Answer 1

Actually, they are not lifting the nose, they are lowering the tail!

When the pilot pulls back on the stick or control column, the elevators, which are the pitch control surfaces mounted on the horizontal tail, tilt upward, creating an air flow that pushes the tail down.  As the airplane pivots around the main wheels, the nose also goes up.

As a result, the wing is raised to an angle at which it develops lift (assuming you are going fast enough) sufficient to lift the airplane off the ground.

Answer 2

the pilot pulls back on the stick (wheel) as if he were trying to go up. The result is the nose goes up. As he continues down the runway picking up speed, the rest of the plane follows.

Answer 3

They do that because their center of gravity is ahead of their center of lift and its main landing gear, so it pivots on its center of lift or landing gear by elevators pushing down on the rear, pushing the nose upward.

Answer 4

This explains the forces involved in flight:

http://homepage.mac.com/richtherrn/physi...

Generically speaking, when the pilot pulls back on the stick the elevator goes up, which causes the nose to rise. Here is a site showing you where the elevators are.

http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/aero/flight10...

The ailerons are used to turn left or right or to roll the plane.

Answer 5

What they said, and if the elevator pitch trim tab is adjusted down a few degrees, the aircraft will take off on it's own.

The trim tab goes down which drives the elevator surface up.

Answer 6

The pilot pulls the control stick back forcing the nose to go up.