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Does the Air Force (United States) help design their own planes?

I know that companies such as Lockheed Martin and Boeing design and build planes for the US Air Force. However, when I was thinking about this, I realized the Air...

Asked on 09/26/2021

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Can an airline lay off its flight attendants and use pilots to fill the role?

IcelandAir recently announced that it will be laying off its entire flight attendant staff, and plans to have pilots fill the role in the meantime. Can an airline ...

Asked on 09/26/2021 by vasin1987

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How does a diffuser (in ground effect) accelerate the air in front of it?

A diffuser reduces speed and increases pressure, so how does a diffuser accelerate air in front of it if we have an adverse pressure gradient situation? Wouldn't be better that...

Asked on 09/26/2021 by IQ 240

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How is true airspeed measured?

Now, indicated airspeed is pretty much the dynamic pressure that air is creating. What about true airspeed? How do the calculations go about factoring out all the wind patterns and...

Asked on 09/26/2021

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Why hasn’t the Wankel rotary engine seen more use in aircraft?

The Wankel rotary engine seems to have several advantages over traditional reciprocating cylinder-and-piston designs. In general, they have a much higher power-to-weight ratio, less vibration, and drastically reduced rate of...

Asked on 09/26/2021 by Aaron Holmes

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What do the different types of approach abbreviations used on the A320 MCDU exactly mean?

On the MCDU I have noticed after setting up the approach there are a number of different codes which appear next to the runway designator these are namely as below:...

Asked on 09/26/2021

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When using the Source Panel method and dealing only with sources and sinks, why do lift and drag equal zero?

I am trying to deal with the airfoil with the "Source Panel method", and when I try to calculate the lift and drag, they always equal to...

Asked on 09/26/2021

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Is there any specific location on airframe for gaining higher drag?

I have a model rocket and I want my rocket to reach specific height above the ground level. As soon as desired height is reached, an air brake (umbrella type)...

Asked on 09/26/2021 by Auberron

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What would an all-flying aileron look like, and would it be a good idea?

The only info I could find about someone doing this IRL was the British Army Aerorplane No. 1, but I don't think it ever flew with them. I...

Asked on 09/26/2021 by BobMcGeoff

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Why "Throttle...Open 1/2 travel" on engine troubleshoot checklist?

Why do some engine troubleshoot checklists (on small single engine piston aircraft) call for throttle to only be open 1/2 travel? I suspect it has something to do with modern...

Asked on 09/26/2021 by Devil07

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