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Center of pressure of a blade (NACA4412)
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Maglifter as the first stage of a space launcher
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Can Electrical Engineering Lead to a Master’s in Aeronautical Engineering?
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Theoretical lift slope for thin airfoils
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Astronauts position in reentry capsule
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What are the cooling methods used to keep satellites from overheating?
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What's a good home built gift for an aerospace engineer?
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Can a Sprocket and Chain System Be Compared to a Rope on a Pulley?
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Nuclear-Electric SSTO Vehicle: Best Propulsion Mechanism?
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What is Tubes Assembly and Manifold for engines?
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Are Composite Airframes Like the 787 Prone to Long-term Failures?
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Finding Personal Helicopter Blueprints Online
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Where Can I Find Detailed Specifications for Single-Seater Passenger Planes?
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Buran-Energia. The Russian Space Shuttle system
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What Does a Career in Jet Engine and Rocket Propulsion Entail?
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Boeing Boeing Delta 4-Heavy: Awesome Vantage Point
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About stabilizing a space rocket with a pendullum
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Any good CFD tutorials for stardesign and star CCM out there?
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Can you teach me how to make a homemade small rocket?
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Jet Engine Mass Flow Rate calculation
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Getting into Aerospace when university doesn't offer program
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What are some recommended technical books on aerospace engineering?
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Master course in aerospace engineering
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Type of Wood for Model Airfoil Construction
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What fan can I use in a close loop application with a backpressure
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Jet Exhaust Velocity: Turbojet & Turbofan Engine Advantages
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Is aerospace Engineering right for me?
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Power required to drive the compressor
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Rotor Dynamics Quantification HELP
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New Superconducting RF Cavity: Potential for EMdrive Propulsion?
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Rocket Idea: Bell-Shaped Pendulum
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Jet Engine Compressed air Pressure for various altitude and velocity
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Which Canadian University is Best for Aerospace Engineering?
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Help for Senior Aerospace Engineering Student - Graduate School & Job Search
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Zeppelins and Plasma Aerodynamics
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How Do You Use and Create a CGNS File?
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Total pressure and Static Pressure and V
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Feasibility of pen-sized missiles?
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Which Aerodynamics Journal is Best?
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How Can I Stress Test My NACA 2412 Airfoil Models for Wind Tunnel Use?
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Drag coefficient and power required
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Aerodynamics & Fluid Mechanics in Aerospace Engineering
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Have Any Information on Aerospike Nozzle for a Mechanical Engineering Project?
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Calculating Boundary Layer Thickness
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Masters of Science in aerospace engineering.
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Preventing Shockwaves from Supersonic Flight
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How do you derive differential area without specifying a variable?
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Liquid-fulled rocket engine efficency.
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NASA Do all engineers secretly wish to work for NASA?
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Wind tunnel tests and Reynolds Number
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Private company launches commercial rocket.
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Exploring Graduate Schools for Space Technology Research
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Achieving Excellence in Aerospace Engineering: Can I Make It?
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What are the current and future trends in aerospace research?
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Consequences of Stalled Vortex Generators on Diffuser Separation
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Could the Airbus grant Increase aerospace jobs?
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Is El Nino Linked to Increased Risk of Plane Crashes in the Western US?
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Some witty replys to things like, what goes up must come down
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Could Liquid Neon Be a Viable Rocket Fuel?
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Please how to put process sheet
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NASA Buzz aldrin posing, NASA artists?
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Could 3 contract wins in wales help Aerospace jobs?
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Centerline Compression Turbine Engine
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Dropped knob grounds shuttle for 6 months
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NASA NASA sticking to pounds & inches
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Answer: "Airflow Around a Wheel: Why Do Hub Caps Bulge Out?
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Tesla Turbine, or variation of it.
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