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Buckingham's Pi theorem on Supersonic wave drag

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Orbital Mechanics Specialization

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How can I calculate lift for an RC helicopter using software?

  • Rooney_04
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Virtual engineering applications in aerospace

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Calculating Moment of Inertia for Turbine-Compressor Spool

  • Bonavaero
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How can an RC aircraft be modified to drop water?

  • Cashlover123
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Mechanical Engineering Major -> Aerospace

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Is Spacecraft Construction in Low Earth Orbit Feasible?

  • micahgtb
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Is a Mechanical Engineering Degree Enough for Propulsion Research?

  • Juicy J
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Building a durable DIY blimp or airship

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Is a Marginally Stable Airplane Safe?

  • Imtheking
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How do momentum wheels work in spacecraft?

  • milkthistle
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Accelerometer acting as a switch in space

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Prithvi-II fails to take off in user trial

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Can an Astronaut Do a Backflip in Space?

  • jaldenpage
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Gas turbine self sustaining point

  • Bonavaero
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What is the function of leading edge flaps in aircraft?

  • brusier
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Can a Virtual Simulation Determine Torque and RPM of a Turbine?

  • dboe
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Understanding Vibration of an Airplane Wing in a Wind Tunnel

  • wizkidder
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What tools and software are available for jet engine design and testing?

  • vincentryan
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What is the Shallowest Aircraft Glide Angle?

  • Imtheking
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R/C Aircraft conversion from glow to electric/solar

  • herpamad
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Can You Calculate Lift Force for a RC Quad Rotor Helicopter?

  • ukesh
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NASA Large objects in NASA STEREO solar images orbiting close to sun

  • taylaron
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Mechanical engineers for aerospace companies?

  • creepypasta13
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A plan for the private colonization of the moon

  • Scia
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Any universities do this type of research?

  • rm446
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Why don't satellites and spacecraft collide in orbit?

  • r.vittalkiran
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Technically, Air Vehicle Number

  • Ivan Seeking
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Wing transition to turbulent flow

  • diggy
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Determing the flowfield on a swept wing

  • RandomGuy88
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Designing a UAV: Airfoil Selection Criteria

  • kevjcarvalho
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Where Can I Find Resources for Building an RC Heli?

  • Anamar
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Thermodynamic cycle of jet engine

  • vincentryan
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Aerospace engineering vs. Mechanical engineering

  • samirax
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Which aerospace engineering book is best for beginners?

  • dark_raider
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New idea about generating electricity

  • trekjunky
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Designing a thruster for a 100m depth ROV without seals

  • eliotegli77
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Why do astronauts feel weightless inside a space ship and centrifugal force?

  • sameeralord
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Building a RC Aircraft with Recovered Control System

  • Lancelot59
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What Are the Wing-Like Extensions on this Plane?

  • kevjcarvalho
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Aeronautical Engineering Student Seeks Aerospace Project Ideas

  • edenrichie
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Drag Estimation for a Subsonic Aircraft

  • geraldx777
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Pioneer spacecraft - what cosmological direction are they travelling?

  • lenfromkits
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Vertical Wind Turbine Sail Boat Concept

  • Grabowski
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How does glide ratio scale between full-size and RC gliders?

  • herpamad
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Could We Send a Probe to Alpha Centauri with Current Technology?

  • ALLGRAFT
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Resultant direction of aircraft

  • gkraju
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F-35 Program Nunn-McCurdy breach

  • MotoH
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Estimating Rotary Blade Distance for Jet Turbine Compression

  • berry05
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Can aircraft achieve carbon-free supersonic flight?

  • dmehling
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Requirements for Becoming a Pilot at 16

  • shahanslv
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What is the ascension rate of a gas balloon without air friction?

  • Imustthink
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Problem regarding Dihedral of wigs

  • agurvinder
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Static stability for RC aircraft between pitch limits

  • kevjcarvalho
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Profile Drag and Pressure Drag?

  • kevjcarvalho
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Neutrino Thruster/Sail vs Photon Thruster/Sail

  • sanman
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Is Earth Orbit Rendezvous Still Too Expensive for Moon Missions?

  • hamster143
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Aerospace Rails - Floor of Military aircraft

  • greydient
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Why Jet Engines are Attached to Airplane Wings

  • Dina1372
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Does propeller slipstream cause enough instability to need twin rudders?

  • kevjcarvalho
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X-51 Waverider Makes Historic Hypersonic Flight

  • Astronuc
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Power Requirements for Aerospace Engineering: What Do I Need?

  • Shankovich
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Feasibility of a combination rocket concept

  • PaulS1950
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Why Does Low Level, High Speed Flight Decrease Aircraft Efficiency?

  • kevjcarvalho
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Momentum and elasticity and this astronaut dude

  • GreatEscapist
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Introduction to Aerodynamics of Flight - Theodore A. Talay

  • kevjcarvalho
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Design and Measurement Considerations for VAWT Performance Analysis

  • Deathwhisper
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Flapping wing Vs. conventional aircraft

  • RandomGuy88
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Dropping and launching space shuttles

  • WarnK
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How would deuterium engines work for science fiction?

  • connectivity
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Custom turbofan thrust from car engine with 1:5 gear ratio

  • jakksincorpse
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NASA Mars Now - Third Alternative To NASAs Mars Who Knows When Program

  • funniew
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Predator/Reaper, why they went with a V-tail design?

  • RandomGuy88
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Mechanical seal for ROV thruster

  • BillBLack
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Calculating WWI aircraft flight performance

  • RayJobling
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Why don't ISS astronauts just fly to the moon every weekend?

  • dgtech
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Planar vibrating airfoilcould this idea work?

  • Frank Kecskes
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Is the Red Dashed Shock Present at Freestream M=2?

  • rugabug
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NASA Is an Engineering Educational background required for NASA Astronauts?

  • GravityFoxx
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Did I miss the last space shuttle launches?

  • Pengwuino
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Miniature spark generator for plasma thruster in vacuum

  • PeterShaw
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Recommended books on Apollo spacecraft systems and design

  • awestruck
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Research Proposal: Sub-Orbital Flight Path

  • Tylerdhamlin
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The secret X-37 space plane is about to fly

  • Ivan Seeking
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Apollo 11 launch at 500 frames per second

  • mgb_phys
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Discussing the Tu-154M Crash at Smolensk

  • Borek
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UAV Fluid Systems - Question for News Article

  • SysEng
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How to build a simple wind tunnel force balance?

  • foxkilo
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Cooling electronics in space vacuum using radiation

  • klipper76
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What are buttock lines and water lines in ship design?

  • rmrramani
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