Aerospace Engineering Forum

Post thread
Join expert discussion on aerospace and astronautics. Technology and industry concerned with aviation, space flight and space exploration. Plane, Shuttle and Rocket design, news and concepts. SpaceX, Blue Origin and NASA space agencies.
  • Sticky
Space Stuff and Launch Info
  • · Replies 2K ·
53
Replies
2K
Views
165K
  • Sticky
Kerbal Space Program Tutorial Series - Open Access to 1.7
  • · Replies 48 ·
2
Replies
48
Views
67K
General principle of turbomachinery: true also for rocket turbopumps?
  • · Replies 8 ·
Replies
8
Views
1K
Countermeasures for hypersonic weapons
  • · Replies 214 ·
8
Replies
214
Views
23K
Is the ephemeris data of satellites standardized as TLE files?
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3
Views
634
Problem with Bernoulli calculation
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4
Views
532
NTSB report on crash of UPS Flight 2976 (MD-11F)
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4
Views
678
NASA Currently trying to build a rocket to launch into space
  • · Replies 13 ·
Replies
13
Views
1K
Can someone please recommend basic reading on wind tunnels?
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3
Views
506
Severe Turbulence for Delta Flight 56 (NTSB report)
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4
Views
1K
NASA ISS in Real Time, exploring 25 years onboard the station
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Views
1K
Aero/Hydro-dynamic Streamlining as a function of medium
  • · Replies 9 ·
Replies
9
Views
417
SpaceX SpaceX Starship development: 7th flight January 10
  • · Replies 271 ·
10
Replies
271
Views
27K
Radiation Hard Electronic Design for LVO Long Mission
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3
Views
411
Never think never for an improbable event
  • · Replies 6 ·
Replies
6
Views
611
Atmospheric reentry of a paper plane
  • · Replies 6 ·
Replies
6
Views
834
Generating Artificial Gravity in Spaceships
  • · Replies 8 ·
Replies
8
Views
1K
How do altimeters react in high acceleration flow?
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3
Views
1K
Why Do My Cl/Cd Derivations Differ from Phillips' Equations?
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
Views
2K
Simulation of reaction wheels in a spacecraft
  • · Replies 22 ·
Replies
22
Views
2K
Mass of the rocket engine's nozzle and combustion chamber as a percentage of the total engine
  • · Replies 8 ·
Replies
8
Views
1K
NASA How low is Space Shuttle thermal protection's heat conductivity?
  • · Replies 7 ·
Replies
7
Views
1K
Blade root attachment design
  • · Replies 7 ·
Replies
7
Views
1K
Rolls-Royce Trent-1000 Engine Issues - British Air cancels flights
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3
Views
2K
Does This Fidget Spinner Video Demonstrate the Magnus Effect?
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
Views
2K
[Updated] How Did an F-35 Fighter Jet Go Missing While on Autopilot?
  • · Replies 87 ·
3
Replies
87
Views
10K
Why satellite needed to launched in prescribed height and orbit
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
Views
1K
Lidar and magnetism detection system
  • · Replies 7 ·
Replies
7
Views
2K
Boom Supersonic
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3
Views
2K
Chinese Hypersonic Aircraft - Mach 6.56!?
  • · Replies 14 ·
Replies
14
Views
3K
When does nuclear thermal propulsion outperform chemical propulsion?
  • · Replies 10 ·
Replies
10
Views
2K
What are 1st stage and 2nd Stage engines of an airplane?
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
Views
3K
Looking for books on aircraft engine maintenance
  • · Replies 12 ·
Replies
12
Views
2K
Looking for equation/formula for calculating boomerang trajectory based on few variables for game
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Views
3K
Heat transfer in wing by anti-ice system using hot air in piccolo tube
  • · Replies 6 ·
Replies
6
Views
2K
How high can an airship rise?
  • · Replies 70 ·
3
Replies
70
Views
5K
Best rocket-stopping method
  • · Replies 45 ·
2
Replies
45
Views
4K
Ideas for high school wind tunnel?
  • · Replies 14 ·
Replies
14
Views
2K
Boeing Starliner Crew Capsule Failure - history & details
  • · Replies 8 ·
Replies
8
Views
2K
Could a nuclear powered rocket be safely launched from Earth?
  • · Replies 21 ·
Replies
21
Views
2K
Meaning of EPR in Radar detection
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
Views
2K
What books should I be reading if I want to recreate the Daedalus 88? (human powered flight)
  • · Replies 19 ·
Replies
19
Views
2K
Engine fire on Cathay Pacific CX383, Airbus A350, Rolls-Royce XWB-97
  • · Replies 5 ·
Replies
5
Views
2K
Would a propeller plane be able to fly in Saturn's atmosphere?
  • · Replies 20 ·
Replies
20
Views
2K
Looking for AEDsys software (aircraft engine design)
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4
Views
2K
Explosive Bolts for Aircraft Engines?
  • · Replies 17 ·
Replies
17
Views
2K
Model Rocket Stabilization
  • · Replies 18 ·
Replies
18
Views
2K
Boeing Keep your seatbelt low and tight in flight, especially when seated next to a plugged door
  • · Replies 229 ·
8
Replies
229
Views
15K
How does surface irregularity affect boundary layers?
  • · Replies 13 ·
Replies
13
Views
2K
NACA - The Wind and Beyond - History of Aerodynamics in America
  • · Replies 6 ·
Replies
6
Views
2K
Direction of Plane Engine Rotation
  • · Replies 10 ·
Replies
10
Views
3K
Thermal effects in aircraft engines - sudden/rapid cooling
  • · Replies 9 ·
Replies
9
Views
2K
Cracks Found in Pickle Forks, Boeing 737 NG (Sep - Dec 2019)
  • · Replies 28 ·
Replies
28
Views
4K
Rocket nozzle thermal protection
  • · Replies 14 ·
Replies
14
Views
4K
Calculating drag for high mach numbers
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4
Views
3K
Aerodynamics: flow separation's effect on lift and drag
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4
Views
3K
What Speed is Needed to Launch a 1500 kg Cargo Container to 160 km Altitude?
  • · Replies 36 ·
2
Replies
36
Views
5K
How to use formulas for a delta wing?
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3
Views
2K
Brayton cycle in helium atmosphere with existing gas turbines?
  • · Replies 8 ·
Replies
8
Views
3K
Feasibility of nuclear detonation for deep planetary science on Mars
  • · Replies 38 ·
2
Replies
38
Views
6K
Why can't satellites be equipped with radar systems so that they can detect (and then avoid) impending collisions?
  • · Replies 23 ·
Replies
23
Views
4K
Hypersonic Aircraft, DART AE 001
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3
Views
2K
Centrifugal Compressor: Absolute Velocity Calculation
  • · Replies 9 ·
Replies
9
Views
4K
Bad News for SpaceX Starship -- Raptor Engine Exploded
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
Views
2K
Shape and 2D Lift Relationship
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3
Views
3K
I don't understand how to calculate the drag coefficient
  • · Replies 7 ·
Replies
7
Views
3K
About lift equation -- Trying to build a miniature helicopter
  • · Replies 13 ·
Replies
13
Views
3K
Drag Coefficient -- What is the constant K?
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3
Views
4K
46 year old Voyager 1 once again sending real data
  • · Replies 52 ·
2
Replies
52
Views
6K
How to find Malaysia flight MH370?
  • · Replies 24 ·
Replies
24
Views
3K
Global Detection & Tracking any Aircraft Anywhere Anytime spots MH370
  • · Replies 6 ·
Replies
6
Views
5K
In-Flight Incident: My Experience with a Throttle Malfunction | Pilot's Story
  • · Replies 13 ·
Replies
13
Views
4K
Groundbreaking ‘blended-wing’ demonstrator plane cleared to fly
  • · Replies 12 ·
Replies
12
Views
3K
Does a Rotating Wind Tunnel Impact Airflow on a Turning Vehicle?
  • · Replies 19 ·
Replies
19
Views
3K
Can a parasail support its tow vehicle like a parachute sailer?
  • · Replies 16 ·
Replies
16
Views
3K
Methalox Rockets: First Attempts, Future Plans
  • · Replies 31 ·
2
Replies
31
Views
6K
Artistically Ornated Atmosphere
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
Views
3K
Formation of a Starting Vortex for Symmetric Aerofoils (NACA 0015)
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3
Views
3K
Boeing How to Calculate Vector Forces from Wing Tilt on 757/767 Aircraft?
  • · Replies 15 ·
Replies
15
Views
3K
What's the Next Step for NASA's Ingenuity Helicopter After Mission Ends on Mars?
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3
Views
3K
How Does Britain's New £140m 'DragonFire' Laser Transform Air Defense?
  • · Replies 15 ·
Replies
15
Views
4K
Induced drag relation with speed
  • · Replies 5 ·
Replies
5
Views
3K
Does a wing fly in its own downwash?
  • · Replies 15 ·
Replies
15
Views
3K
SpaceX Water injection into SpaceX raptor engine during first 10s
  • · Replies 15 ·
Replies
15
Views
4K
Flow rate of air through constriction
  • · Replies 10 ·
Replies
10
Views
3K
Ionizing Atmosphere on the nose of a rocket, missile or aircraft to reduce drag
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3
Views
3K
Looking for blueprints to the ISS solar panel array
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Views
3K
Surveillance Cameras for Pilots
  • · Replies 25 ·
Replies
25
Views
5K
What are the unique characteristics of a scramjet exhaust plume?
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Views
3K
Experience the Thrill of Dynamic Soaring for Extreme RC Glider Speeds
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
Views
3K
NASA Does the ISS Rotate to Stay Earth-Facing?
  • · Replies 5 ·
Replies
5
Views
4K
Is 'Airwolf' possible with our current technology? (Supersonic Helicopter)
  • · Replies 69 ·
3
Replies
69
Views
32K
FAA Proposal: Don't leave your booster in low Earth orbit
  • · Replies 17 ·
Replies
17
Views
4K
Boeing Boeing 737 Cargo Plane Ditches off Honolulu
  • · Replies 87 ·
3
Replies
87
Views
13K
GE initiates testing on second XA100 "adaptive cycle" fighter jet engine
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4
Views
5K
On the cusp of fully grasping Method of Characteristics
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Views
3K
Gap needed for two adjacent aerodynamic blades to be useful
  • · Replies 10 ·
Replies
10
Views
4K
Nuclear Thermal Rocket (NTR) propulsion
  • · Replies 18 ·
Replies
18
Views
4K
What exactly is Voyager 2's backup Power Supply?
  • · Replies 10 ·
Replies
10
Views
5K
ESA's Dual Stage 4 Grid Ion propulsion
  • · Replies 64 ·
3
Replies
64
Views
9K
What happens when a plane slows down from hypersonic speed?
  • · Replies 11 ·
Replies
11
Views
4K
What was the strange aircraft I heard at the dock?
  • · Replies 10 ·
Replies
10
Views
4K