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Details at each station of an ideal turbojet

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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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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

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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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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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Revolutionary Silent Santa Helicopter Concept

  • magi
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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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\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?

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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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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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