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Airships, Blimps, anyone anyone
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Is a Marginally Stable Airplane Safe?
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How do momentum wheels work in spacecraft?
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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?
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Gas turbine self sustaining point
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What is the function of leading edge flaps in aircraft?
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Can a Virtual Simulation Determine Torque and RPM of a Turbine?
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Understanding Vibration of an Airplane Wing in a Wind Tunnel
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Jet Engine Design: Tools & Softwares
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What is the Shallowest Aircraft Glide Angle?
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R/C Aircraft conversion from glow to electric/solar
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Can You Calculate Lift Force for a RC Quad Rotor Helicopter?
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NASA Explanation needed: unknown objects orbiting our sun in NASA images
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Mechanical engineers for aerospace companies?
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A plan for the private colonization of the moon
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Any universities do this type of research?
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Navigating Space: Avoiding Satellites and Collisions
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Technically, Air Vehicle Number
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Wing transition to turbulent flow
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Determing the flowfield on a swept wing
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Why does the J-58 engine inlet spike retract at high speeds on the SR-71?
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What are some recommended resources for learning about gas turbine aero design?
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Designing a UAV: Airfoil Selection Criteria
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Where Can I Find Resources for Building an RC Heli?
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Thermodynamic cycle of jet engine
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Aerospace engineering vs. Mechanical engineering
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Which aerospace engineering book is best for beginners?
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New idea about generating electricity
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Help with designing thruster for rov.
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Where Can I Find Resources for Calculating Rotor Forces During Auto-Rotation?
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Why do astronauts feel weightless inside a space ship and centrifugal force?
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Building a RC Aircraft with Recovered Control System
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What Are the Wing-Like Extensions on this Plane?
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Aeronautical Engineering Student Seeks Aerospace Project Ideas
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Drag Estimation for a Subsonic Aircraft
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Question on flow balancing Aircraft Environmental Control Systems…
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Pioneer spacecraft - what cosmological direction are they travelling?
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Vertical Wind Turbine Sail Boat Concept
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Glide Ratio & Scale: Designing Gliders for Maximum Air Time/Distance
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Could a Valveless Pulse Jet Engine Eliminate the Need for Moving Parts?
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Could We Send a Probe to Alpha Centauri with Current Technology?
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Resultant direction of aircraft
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Will the F-35 Program Survive the Nunn-McCurdy Breach?
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Estimating Rotary Blade Distance for Jet Turbine Compression
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Carbon Free Aircraft: Feasible Possibility or Wishful Thinking?
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Requirements for Becoming a Pilot at 16
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What is the ascension rate of a gas balloon without air friction?
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Problem regarding Dihedral of wigs
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RC Aircraft Stability: Neutral or Instability?
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Investigating Propeller Slipstream Effect on Aircraft Tail
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Profile Drag and Pressure Drag?
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Neutrino Thruster/Sail vs Photon Thruster/Sail
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Is Earth Orbit Rendezvous Still Too Expensive for Moon Missions?
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Aerospace Rails - Floor of Military aircraft
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Why Jet Engines are Attached to Airplane Wings
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Propeller Slipstream & Tailplane Instability
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X-51 Waverider Makes Historic Hypersonic Flight
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Power Requirements for Aerospace Engineering: What Do I Need?
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Is This Combination Rocket Concept Feasible? Share Your Thoughts!
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Why Does Low Level, High Speed Flight Decrease Aircraft Efficiency?
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Momentum and elasticity and this astronaut dude
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Introduction to Aerodynamics of Flight - Theodore A. Talay
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Design and Measurement Considerations for VAWT Performance Analysis
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Flapping wing Vs. conventional aircraft
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Dropping and launching space shuttles
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Can Deuterium Engines Power the Future of Science Fiction?
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Flow Separation Doubt: Hi PFians
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Got a question about air molecules.
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NASA Mars Now - Third Alternative To NASAs Mars Who Knows When Program
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Predator/Reaper, why they went with a V-tail design?
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Mechanical seal for ROV thruster
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Calculating WWI aircraft flight performance
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Why Has Moon Exploration Declined Despite Advances in Space Travel?
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Planar vibrating airfoilcould this idea work?
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Is the Red Dashed Shock Present at Freestream M=2?
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NASA Is an Engineering Educational background required for NASA Astronauts?
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Oh Noes, did I miss the space shuttle?
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Spark generation for miniature plasma thruster. (Need help, new member)
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Discover the Fascinating Technology Behind the Apollo Missions
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Research Proposal: Sub-Orbital Flight Path
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The secret X-37 space plane is about to fly
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Apollo 11 launch at 500 frames per second
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Discussing the Tu-154M Crash at Smolensk
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Dyson Bladeless Fan, Inducted Airflow Propulsion, Personal Transportation
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UAV Fluid Systems - Question for News Article
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How to build a simple wind tunnel force balance?
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How Does Thermal Management Work in the Vacuum of Space?
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Understanding Buttock Line & Water Line
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Fundemental disadvantages of traditional rockets
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NASA NASA SDO Satellite Captures Solar Eruption VIDEO
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What are dark streaks on the wings of the aircraft near the engine?
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Obama's Mars Proposal, and beyond? Lets brainstorm details.
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The First Spaceship: A Cost-Effective & Modular Multi-Purpose Craft
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What is exact difference btwn ISOTROPIC and HOMOGENEOUS materials
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What are the Pros and Cons of High Bypass Ratio Jet Engines?
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Revolutionizing Space Travel: Updates on Man into Space Design
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Vulnerability of Space Shuttle to Impact by Meteor
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Propeller Efficiency Report: What to Include & Refs
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