Top new questions this week:
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The X-15 famously used a pair of steel skids as the main landing gear rather than conventional wheels, which saved weight, allowed the skids to be mounted externally (where wheels and tires would have …
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I am planning on taking my aviation certified life-raft (Revere Aero Compact liferaft): “Raft inflates automatically in less than 30 seconds with self-contained CO₂ inflation system” on a …
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Looking at several modern airliners, the root of the vertical tail doesn’t extend right to the aft-most point of the fuselage. This seems counter-intuitive given extending the tail further aft would …
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A fixed pitch propeller is only good for aircraft that do around 100kts because the angle of attack on the propeller decreases as the forward airspeed of the aircraft increases, limiting the thrust …
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I failed my Private written (I was being stupid and overconfident) but I got my endorsement online, I need an AUTHORIZED INSTRUCTOR’S STATEMENT to retake it and my original instructor is unavailable. …
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In CAE OAA Book11-Radio Navigation Chapter-18 Page-318, under GPS Error, “The optimum position for the antenna is on top of the fuselage close to the aircraft’s centre of gravity”. In the …
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I saw a file stating that New Zealand has 11 zones and was wondering how it was determined and divided, does anyone have any idea? the paper offers a short description that doesn’t cover much …
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Greatest hits from previous weeks:
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Could you run a jet with gasoline? Why do all jet engines use kerosene?
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I found a data source, where Boeing 737 could be encoded with the following values – 733, 734, …
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Are turboprops really more efficient than jets? If yes, does that mean that airlines who use jets sacrifice fuel for faster flights?
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This is confusing to me: Since pressure increases with temperature (I don’t know why), how can air density decrease with temperature. In a hot day then pressure would increase and air density …
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I have found out that an ISA atmosphere is: 15 °C temperature 5 °C dewpoint 1013.25 hPa pressure What are the conditions of an ISA +10, ISA -15 and ISA -30? I know the temperature, but what are …
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What are the advantages of a forward-swept wing vs. a rearward swept one? Image credit: NASA Image credit: Paul Maritz / Wikimedia
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Below is a comparison of the 767, 787, and A350 main landing gear. The larger distance on the 767 also appears to make the airplane lower to the ground.
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The Rolls Royce Ultrafan prototype has been in development for a few years and has usually been seen in the media with very distinctive curved leading edge design as such: However, this week (…
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FAR 91.171 allows a pilot to use independent VORs to do the VOR check as opposed to using a testing facility. The reg says as long as they are within 4 degrees of each other the pilot is good to go. …
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AGGH has one runway, 06/24. When looking at an aerial photo of said runway, I noticed something interesting: (Image by Graeme Bartlett at Wikimedia Commons.) My interest was piqued by seeing what …
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