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I am not necessarily referring to current events, but you can if you want. Presuppose a balloon is within altitude, and range, of the guns of a warplane made in the 2000’s. Particularly if a military …
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“One of the most powerful people in the world is on this airplane” does not seem like something you would want to broadcast, but “Air Force One” is effectively a code-word for that …
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Prompted by one of the answers to a prior question of mine regarding a scenario involving a helicopter mincing someone with its main rotor in flight: …I suspect having a human body come in to …
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I’m proofreading a document about rudder control systems and client insists on calling the pedal assembly under the pilot’s feet the “rudder”. Would this ever be used?
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I noticed that wing trailing edges of new airliners like A220 (CSeries) are not completely sharp. Instead, they are blunt. I always thought that the sharper the better in subsonic flow. What is the …
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Looking at this Boeing 767 you’ll notice that the nose paint is not lined up with the rest of the paint. But the same plane with the same paint scheme on the second image is fine. What is the reason …
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Pretty much what the title says. What is the purpose of the TSR-2’s anhedral wingtips? I’ve heard someone say that they use it to counter yawing I think but is this the true reason or is it something …
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What advantage does a delta wing have over a swept wing with high AR for supersonic flight? And what disadvantage does a delta wing have over a swept wing with high AR for transonic flight? The …
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I have just started learning some aerospace concepts, and I am not able to understand the difference between the three terms centre of pressure, aerodynamic centre and neutral point. What are their …
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How does ILS (Instrument landing system) work? I know it provides guidance to the runway by two signals, one modulated at 90 Hz, the other at 150 Hz, but how the airplane lock on those signals? …
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How can one determine the registration number (i.e. N123AA) of the aircraft used on a particular flight, having the date, airline, flight number and city pair to start with?
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Microsoft Flight Simulator has “flight lessons” with a virtual flight instructor, some of which teach concepts that are taught during actual flight training. These simulators are becoming very …
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What are the main differences between these two types of fuselages?
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When I’m reading something about jet engines, it’s common to see references to N1 and N2. I’ve never fully understood what N1 and N2 are on engine instruments and how they relate to thrust and the …
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Can you answer these questions?
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Is white used as base paint before other colors? So is the paint on coloured parts thicker than in white parts?
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Does anybody know the exact name of the color that was used to paint all Cold War era Soviet fighter cockpits? It’s a blue green color but I’d like to get the exact color as I’m currently building a …
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In an AP news article there’s a quote from a politician stating: “This is not the first time a Chinese balloon has entered American airspace over sensitive national security areas,” Daines said in a …
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