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Making a vertical stabilizer for a Space Shuttle Discovery model

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Solving Chemical Equilibrium Concentrations Within a Rocket Nozzle

  • BrandonBerchtold
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Turboprop engine propeller efficiency data

  • Izzyg
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The Unwise Idea of Wooden Satellites

  • DaveE
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Derivation of the Euler equation for a streamline

  • greg_rack
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Typical surface roughness heights for aircraft surfaces

  • JaWolf
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Can a Wing in Ground Effect Racer Be Built for Under $1000 USD?

  • PazHeping
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Is it possible to put multiple accelerator grids in an ion engine?

  • RocketAstro
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Why does lift equal weight if thrust is only 30% of weight?

  • Biggles 1984
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What is the method for calculating the angle Θu in compressible flow?

  • pipe08
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Ship thrust required to move out of the plane of our solar system

  • Albertgauss
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Applying lift-line theory to rectangular wing

  • angel1601
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Artifical gravity on spaceships

  • GTOM
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How tyrannical is the rocket equation for a human RT to Mars?

  • swampwiz
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Aevum Ravn X, a fully autonomous orbital rocket launching drone

  • Astronuc
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Retrieve a MIG-15: Royal Navy Mission in Korea 1952

  • saddlestone-man
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How do we maintain the RPM of turbo pumps in liquid rocket engines?

  • RocketAstro
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Piston Engine versus Jet Engine Power

  • saddlestone-man
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Understanding High Thrust of Vacuum Rocket Engines

  • RocketAstro
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Spacecraft - Interplanetary Designs

  • TonyCross
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How to calculate distance in aerospace applications

  • Melissa P
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Momentum Thrust of an Over-Expanded Rocket Nozzle

  • BrandonBerchtold
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Optimal twist distribution for 3D printed micro wind turbine blades

  • seandepagnier
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Space inhabited non-stop for 20 years

  • mfb
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Measuring Parameters for a Hybrid Rocket Injector Assembly

  • Wasure
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German contributions to aviation

  • John Mcrain
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How are other countries notified about rocket launches?

  • Stormer
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Air-lift board using the Coanda effect and heliblades

  • trenton420l
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Study about high frequency mosquito flight

  • Lnewqban
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Insights Introduction to Pitot-Static Systems in Gliders

  • anorlunda
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Quaternions and Direction Cosine Matrix changing in time

  • Jared Finneker
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2D vs 3D Method of Characteristics for Rocket Nozzle Design

  • BrandonBerchtold
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Drag on a Supersonic Baseball (from SmarterEveryDay)

  • mabraden
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Does the title Master of Aerospace Engineering exist?

  • John Mcrain
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Celera 500L -- A much more efficient private aircraft

  • berkeman
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How to set the Magdeberg hemispheres in motion (propulsion)?

  • royp
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Wall to wall airfoil in a wind tunnel

  • John Mcrain
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Lift, Drag, Magnus, Bernoulli, Tennis ball fuzz, etc.

  • Trying2Learn
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Why don't airplanes explode due to pressure difference?

  • thommy
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Orbital equations in polar coordinates

  • TimK
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Tianwen 1 Mission Live Streaming URLs

  • Leo Liu
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A jet engine's shaft is neutral in the direction of thrust?

  • Aeronautic Freek
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Can overlapping feathers on swifts improve aircraft design?

  • Aeronautic Freek
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Single and Dual-Rotating Propeller Question

  • Aun Muhammad
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NASA Why isn't NASA using artificial gravity for manned space travel?

  • person123
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How Do Ramjets Generate Thrust with a Hollow Tube Design?

  • Aeronautic Freek
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Best aerodynamics video lectures

  • Aeronautic Freek
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Does dV calculation use standard g or altitude-dependent gravity?

  • Dinoduck94
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SpaceX Space X reusable rocket landing

  • artis
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Propeller thrust with backwards air flow

  • Frodo
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SpaceX Starship Mk1 pressurisation test failure

  • trurle
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SpaceX SpaceX's astronaut wore glasses during liftoff

  • Leo Liu
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SpaceX SpaceX Crew Dragon Launch Try #2

  • Greg Bernhardt
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I to design this turbine blade

  • T C
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SpaceX Crew Dragon Demo-2 launch scheduled for May 27

  • mfb
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SpaceX Starship SN3 static fire and 150m hop planned for April

  • mfb
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SpaceX SpaceX Dragon docking simulator

  • gleem
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Effects of hypersonic speed on the behaviour of normal shocks

  • theudster
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Deriving the reflected Mach number relationship

  • theudster
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Analysing a ##C_M## graph (pitching moment data)

  • SymNeric
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Gear Load Factor (Reaction Load) Question

  • Richtdow
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Are induced currents of any concern in satellite missions?

  • Yoni
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Airship on Earth but a reentry glider on Mars

  • MUZE
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Could a blimp shrink into a plane?

  • MUZE
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NASA NASA connection to EM drive research

  • nomadreid
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SpaceX Reliable Starlink sight predictions?

  • greypilgrim
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Do Nations Need USA Launch Permission for Rockets?

  • aerotxm
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Can Humans Achieve Flight Through Theory Crafting?

  • Eden Hazard
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Do rounded vs straight wingtips affect roll rate and performance?

  • marry del
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Hybrid Rocket Injector Plate Design Research

  • Wasure
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Prop disc thrust uniformity in turns vs wing position

  • WrathofAtlantis
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Limits to accelerate a spacecraft by spinning it in a circle

  • PicnicDoctor
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Boeing Debris found in fuel tanks of 70% of inspected 737 Max jets

  • mfb
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Relativistic speed accelerator for physics experiments in a capsule

  • roineust
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What is the Kutta Juokowski theory for the lift of an aerofoil?

  • Deepesh
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Regarding Standard atmospheric conditions

  • Deepesh
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Traveling to Mars with plasma rockets

  • ElliotSmith
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Bernoulli's principle and the Coanda effect in drone rotors

  • mxchapz
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Could you create a battery powered plane?

  • Robert Hearne
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How Do You Convert Drone Position Errors into Roll and Pitch Angles?

  • Young_kids
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What outer structural materials are suitable for high altitude?

  • TheBox
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SpaceX SpaceX in-flight abort test (success)

  • mfb
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Difference between roll, pitch and heading versus roll, pitch and yaw

  • senmeis
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Lift and drag coefficients vs AoA graphs of a specific NACA profile

  • fog37
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Under-the-Ice Prototype Rover for Europa

  • BillTre
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What is the electrical power output of a turbofan engine?

  • royp
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Force components acting on an airfoil

  • FEAnalyst
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The Nuclear Rocket that Could Reach 20% of the Speed of Light

  • alberto91
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Reverse gravity-assist, using the moons of a planet

  • ScottVal
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Any plausible non-rocket based method to reach orbit?

  • GTOM
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Why do high CFM fans have stator airfoils but normal fans don't?

  • HotFurnace
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Commercial crew parachute tests

  • mfb
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