Recent content by Batmoosemike

I really can't think of what you're referring to. Could you please explain?

For a school project, I need to know how much less wind resistance a round skyscraper will have compared to a standard rectangular one. You can assume the skyscraper will simply be a generic elliptical shape, somewhat similar to an egg. Answer doesn't have to be extremely specific, I just need...

I was under the impression that Earth's atmospheric pressure at sea level was 101325 pascals, so 101 kPa?

I think mass would barely be affected as a large majority of the weight would come from the motor (which wouldn't change). A lower stall speed is a positive, although I wouldn't want the plane to be too maneuverable and hard to fly. If I make the wing bigger compared to the chassis, would the...

Wait so I would need less lift? Interesting. Also, yeah after terraformation it should be around 50kPa.

This question is slightly related to my other plane, but I didn't want to post in the same thread as I didn't want the other one to get derailed. If I have blueprints for an RC plane, and I scale down everything by a ratio (let's say 1/2), would it still work just as well? Or would it follow...

Thank you for the quick reply! As the atmospheric pressure would be roughly half of earth's, would I need to double the thrust to weight ratio?

So, I'm building an rc plane for school that has to theoretically be able to fly on Mars. What differences/limitations are there compared to designing a regular remote controlled plane? This is for a terraformation project, so at this point Mars would have an atmospheric pressure of 50kPa.