Top new questions this week:
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The veteran Space Shuttle commander Charlie Precourt writes, in the July 2022 issue of EAA’s Sport Aviation, p. 38: Another interesting reality about our flight controls was their working essentially …
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Temperature of the fuselage never exceeded 500C, which to my knowledge, would be perfectly tolerated by stainless steel. So why titanium?
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I have a cousin that has a pretty bad fear of flying. I’ve been trying to get her to fly with me for a while. My question is: If I succeed, what should I do to make the experience better? I’ve tried …
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I am starting to research this question with respect to WWII aircraft – specifically the FM2 Wildcat, which was considered an excellent dogfighter. To approximate an “apples to apples” …
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How are air routes created? Does it need ‘approval’ from another country? Nepal seems to have built several new international airports without air routes (or having to use the old one to TIA) and it’s …
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“Instrument Meteorological Conditions” are those in which flight under Visual Flight Rules is not permitted. This changes based on airspace but for the most part IMC means that flight …
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If the main shock wave is formed at the nosecone of a jet aircraft at supersonic speeds, how is the airflow still supersonic at the inlet of the jet intake? Shouldn’t the inlets experience subsonic …
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Greatest hits from previous weeks:
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On most A-10s I have seen, the area under the cockpit is darker than the rest of the plane. Is there a reason for this?
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Why do some fighter jets have two pilots, while some have only one? For example the newer fighter jets such as Dassault Rafale, Eurofighter typhoon etc. are mostly with single-seat, but two-seat …
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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 found on this website several questions speaking of IATA, ICAO and airports codes. The fact that two identification codes for the same airport exist means there are cases where you use one, and …
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In terms of aircraft equipment, approach minimums, procedural differences, and anything else relevant, how do the 3 types of a Cat III ILS differ from one another?
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I’m not an aircraft expert and I just realized that there are two different terms – turbofan and turboprop. I always had them combined in my head as a term for a large jet engine (like you would see …
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Usually, there are four lights at the sides of runways which show airplanes’ altitude status: four red lights: too low two red, two white: appropriate altitude four white lights: too high. If two …
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I’ve been learning how to do dead-reckoning using just an ordinary IMU chip (a 3-axis accelerometer and a 3-axis gyroscope). In a number of textbooks I’ve read on aircraft navigation, the motion of a …
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My professor mentioned that the contour of smaller airplanes changes more drastically than that of larger airplanes. In this context, he mentions the surface-to-volume ratio. But how does that relate …
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Would going with a forward swept wing design, with the same cord and length of the “A Wing”, bring more air the the propeller and tail to increase range, power, or stability? Consider the …
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