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Between a helicopter and an airplane, which requires more power to fly, for a given TOW?
Awarded Mar 31 at 17:17
Why does this V-22's rotors rotate clockwise and anti-clockwise (the right and the left rotor respectively)?
Awarded Mar 21 at 18:03
How to determine the thickness of an airfoil?
Awarded Oct 26, 2023 at 4:40
Does the B-1B Lancer have controllable canards?
Awarded Jun 26, 2023 at 23:35
Is any device installed on airplane to measure wind speed relative to the ground, and its direction?
Awarded Feb 22, 2023 at 10:57
How does Bernoulli's principle contribute in lifting airplane?
Awarded Nov 15, 2022 at 21:02
What is the official unit of airplane/aviation speed?
Awarded Sep 20, 2022 at 6:51
What is the Efficiency of Cessna-150's Propeller?
Awarded Jul 27, 2022 at 6:08
Why is the empennage design of this Lockheed 1049E so complicated?
Awarded Jun 20, 2022 at 2:03
If a twin-engine airplane's propellers both rotate in the same direction, do they still produce a left-turning tendency?
Awarded May 12, 2022 at 12:02
What is the difference between Angle of Incidence (AoI) and Angle of Attack (AoA)?
Awarded Apr 7, 2022 at 0:56
How to calculate or design glide ratio? [duplicate]
Awarded Mar 17, 2022 at 21:16
Does RPM refer to the speed of the engine or the speed of the propeller?
Awarded Nov 20, 2021 at 17:47
Why are the leading edges of wings not always made as 'sharp' as possible?
Awarded Jul 18, 2021 at 17:33
Can an Airbus A380 or Boeing B747 fly with only 2 engines?
Awarded Mar 4, 2021 at 21:17
What is the wing span in aspect ratio's calculation?
Awarded Feb 25, 2021 at 15:27
What are the advantages and disadvantages of tail wheels that cause modern airplanes to not use them?
Awarded Oct 9, 2020 at 23:06
How many flight hours do the first retiring A380s have?
Awarded Nov 27, 2019 at 12:25
Does the Antonov An-225 have an Auxiliary Power Unit (APU)?
Awarded Nov 11, 2019 at 21:10
Do airplanes need brakes in the air?
Awarded Nov 5, 2019 at 12:15
Why there so many pitch control surfaces on the Piaggio P180 Avanti?
Awarded Sep 19, 2019 at 17:45
How does a single engine tail wheel landing gear airplane turn when it is on the ground?
Awarded Feb 19, 2019 at 20:35
What is this object in the cockpit of an ultralight?
Awarded Feb 6, 2019 at 19:35
What exactly do "captain", "pilot", "co-pilot" and "first officer" mean?
Awarded Jan 7, 2019 at 20:00

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