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Buckingham's Pi theorem on Supersonic wave drag
- FOBoi1122
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Orbital Mechanics Specialization
- the-space-man
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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
- RachaelO
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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
- xjon22
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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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What is purpose and diffrence between FADEC and Electronic ENgine COntrol ?
- gkraju
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Building a durable DIY blimp or airship
- dingpud
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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
- fnumechHV
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Prithvi-II fails to take off in user trial
- sorter
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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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Why does the J-58 engine inlet spike retract at high speeds on the SR-71?
- rbogie
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What are some recommended resources for learning about gas turbine aero design?
- minger
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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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Where Can I Find Resources for Calculating Rotor Forces During Auto-Rotation?
- rm446
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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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Methods for modeling and flow-balancing aircraft environmental control systems
- SysEng
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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 a Valveless Pulse Jet Engine Eliminate the Need for Moving Parts?
- Phrak
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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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Effect of propeller slipstream on horizontal tail at 15cm distance
- 3zz
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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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Why does flow separate at the rear of a moving body but not when the body is stationary?
- R Power
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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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Dyson Bladeless Fan, Inducted Airflow Propulsion, Personal Transportation
- sanman
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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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