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Details at each station of an ideal turbojet
- roldy
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Noise Shielding by Rear-Mounted Engines on Aircraft
- physixlover
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Why haven't four-spool jet engines been designed?
- avinod4all
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Can magnetic attraction and repulsion lift and propel aircraft?
- sameev29
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Why must air be slowed to subsonic speeds before jet engine compressors?
- blynxGT
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Magnetism and Reentry: Could a Halbach Array Reduce Heat?
- LURCH
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Hypersonic Axial Flow about Long Thin Cylinder
- mLuby
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How does the pressure difference over a NACA 0012 affects its characteristics?
- v_arsha
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Powered Hang Glider for Under 500 Bucks
- Phrak
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Space Shuttle delta-V: How much is available at the ISS altitude?
- dotancohen
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ATK, EADS Astrium Joint Development
- Astronuc
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Why do maximum L/D and max. lift not occur at the same angle of attack?
- v_arsha
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What is Motive Flow in an Aircraft Fuel System?
- sureshav1
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Fixed-area turbojet on-design vs off-design performance at M0.3
- roldy
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Book about Aviation (not advanced)?
- hihiz
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Moon astronauts physics experiment
- toolate
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Tilting a helicopter rotor, does it create torque?
- Moafak m
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How is the angle of attack measured on an AOA indicator?
- thist796
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Harmonic Dampening inside of a combustion chamber
- Algorithmic
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Aircraft sizing software for mission profile analysis
- stealthxxy
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Oblique shock reflection angle at compression corner and upper wall
- alchemist
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Why is low-cost space launch so difficult despite cheap fuel costs?
- PhilKravitz
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What is the Relationship Between Velocity and Drag in the Drag Equation?
- Aeroguy82
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How cfm 56 -3 turbofan engine start ?
- ram18
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What is the Best CFD Software for Modeling Heat Flow from a Jet Engine Exhaust?
- TJ_Laser
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Can Wind Tunnel Wall Corrections Improve Swept Wing Data Accuracy?
- RandomGuy88
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Solving for the Shockwave angle
- roldy
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Which Camera is Best for My Rocket: CMOS or CCD?
- sparky.illini
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What Causes Spanwise Airflow in Swept Wings?
- sorter
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Unmanned Aircraft System - Why not Helicopters?
- abhi88
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How are space shuttles propelled into space?
- Lynda92
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Is near light speed achievable?
- sr241
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Drag coefficient for non-static surfaces + diagram
- ProtossHeat
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Unmanned spacecraft and maximal g-load
- Eagle9
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What are some of the trade-offs when it comes to aircraft design?
- aero&astro
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Lift and Drag formulas on a plane
- cjacobson22
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How does the sun shade on this space helmet fit into the helmet?
- stevelovell
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Can airfoils generate lift when inverted without extra thrust?
- DaveC426913
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Steam engines for aircraft propulsion
- wolram
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Why can't an onboard laser push a spacecraft by reflecting off its own sail?
- flashprogram
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Sensor Body to ENU transformation Matrix
- ravishah
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How does propeller thrust vary with airspeed and how to calculate static thrust?
- woleka
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\Seeking Value for Saturn V Rocket Drag Coefficient
- jr1104
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Could really use some advice for last semester of undergrad
- saber1357
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Open Call: propose a CubeSat payload
- p1ayaone1
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How Do I Calculate Lift and Drag with Winglets?
- sakthivelzz
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Is a Ramjet-Rocket Hybrid Engine a Feasible Engineering Project?
- TERR0RBYTE
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What are all the demerits in having a winglet
- sakthivelzz
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Cheapest way to lauch 0,8kg out to space?
- kosamika
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NASA NASA Photos: Global Eruption Rocks the Sun
- Naty1
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Aerospace Company Builds Flying Machine
- goldleader
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Can a Car Generate Lift Like an Airfoil?
- scoutfai
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What Software is Best for Aerospace Engineering Design?
- justPAB
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What issues should I expect testing a semispan wing model in a tunnel?
- RandomGuy88
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Designing a Rocket Airframe with Carbon Fiber
- Kimusubi
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Propeller thrust with 1000 kg/s airflow and 120 m/s slipstream
- Emzielou83
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NASA Gamma ray map of the galaxy completed by NASA
- Coin
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Will Electric Jet Ducted Fan Planes Be a Reality in Our Lifetime?
- violin_writer
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NASA NASA astrobiology announcement November 2010
- chemisttree
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Boeing Is the Wing Size of the Boeing 737-700 Calculated Using NACA Airfoil Shape?
- tobi101
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Inertial navigation system using kalman filter
- mehvishanwar
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Developments in turbofan engines
- avinod4all
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Aspect ratio of hybrid rocket-plane with wings and fins
- Seabass421
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NASA NASA astrobiology discovery news conference
- chemisttree
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Flying Snakes: The Secret to Their Incredible Gliding Abilities
- mugaliens
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Mechanical or Aerospace engineering?
- SaMx
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What are some potential research ideas for a 10-week aerospace project?
- ricer05
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What is the best design for a parachute to deploy after a weather balloon pops?
- guss
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Learning aerodynamics with minimal math background
- mrwilliam
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Why air is compressed in Gas turbine engine ?
- gkraju
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Why does a biplane have less drag than a monoplane with the same wingspan?
- Cashlover123
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How can I calculate torque from wind for a specific wind turbine design?
- dcaldwell
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Launch-to-orbit vs. planetary mass question
- ewflyer
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Which is the airfoil having highest lift to drag ratio?
- sr241
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Building a complete jet engine for university project
- M.M.M
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Beginner aerospace project ideas for rockets or spacecraft
- justPAB
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Calculating Propeller Thrust Using Given Data
- mohd_omr
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Why Have Uranus and Neptune Been Overlooked by Recent Space Missions?
- Caramon
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What are good beginner model rocket kits to start with?
- justPAB
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Cruise is the level portion of aircraft travel where flight
- sorter
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Folding "+" or Non-folding "X" Rear Fins?
- sorter
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Can any one explain how to draw a leading edge circle of an aerofoil.
- danny2010
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What is the formula for calculating convective time using the Reynolds number?
- AIR&SPACE
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Mechanical to Aerospace engineering
- zinho02
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Boundary Conditions for Pressurized Cylinder in FEM
- rmrramani
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Choosing Between Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Degrees
- Sniperman724
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Do flying wings need a horizontal tail to climb when hand launched?
- Cashlover123
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Why Did Soviet Aircraft Use Variable Ventral Air Intakes?
- sorter
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Biggest problem facing the aeronautics industry?
- ehilge
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Velocity field around an airfoil
- RandomGuy88
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Is the Space Hose a Viable Solution for the N-Prize Challenge?
- gutemine
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Caspian Sea Monster vs Conventional Airlift
- mugaliens
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A380 engine blow up Grounding News
- wolram
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What steps need to be taken for successful human colonization of Mars?
- Urvabara
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Can Orthosonic Lift Challenge Traditional Theories of Flight?
- Faradave
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NASA Are NASA's Satellite Images Showing UFOs or Natural Phenomena?
- Luke*
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Velocity and altitude for geostationary satellite above Earth's equator
- snickers1
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Difference b/w Air/Land launched missiles
- sorter
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Combustion Sustained: Starter Motor Torque/Inertia Selection
- Bonavaero
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