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I want to design a long-range ADS-B receiver with a directional antenna (like a Yagi), but in order to maximize its range, I'll need to orient the antenna towards a target (plane) based on existing ...

Similar to : Is there a minimum number of people needed for an aircraft pushback? After watching this video I wonder what would be the number of people required to push back a 747. ...

I have recently read a book about Douglas Bader, the famous pilot who lost his legs in an accident in 1931. After he was shot and captured by the Germans, they contacted the UK via the "international ...

I am working on the pitching mechanism of a NACA-0012 wing. I have the mass and found out the centre of mass of the wing but the software (OpenFOAM) needs more parameters such as the mass moment of ...

How accurate is XFoil/XFLR5 at Reynolds numbers between 2 million and 10 million? From my understanding it's only accurate at lower Re values.

Highly cambered airfoils like the Seligs and Epplers are hardly ever used in propeller or wing sections. Why? Does their performance reduce at high Re? Are they only adequate at low Mach, low Re? ...

How do I make a smooth landing in the Beech V35B Bonanza am I coming in too fast or too slow? I am flying A2A Simulations V35B Bonanza in FSX

Is there a standard word or phrase, or several alternative commonly-used words or phrases, in the English-speaking aviation world to describe the angle between the longitudinal axis of the fuselage, ...

In American usage, the angle between the chord line of a wing and the flight path is called the "angle of attack". The angle of attack is also represented by the greek letter "alpha". However, some ...

Keeping thrust , wing span , weight (of plane ) constant , can we increase the payload capacity (nearly 50% more) ? Adding payload to plane , it decreases thrust/weight ratio , how does it affect the ...

I'm not asking about essential passenger flights like for "like food, supplies, and flying medical workers. Oughtn't non-essential passenger flights have been shut down in North America, to curb the ...

There is a direct control switch to dim or increase the light on the AOA gauge in the F-16? Where is it located? Please share a picture with the panel if you can.

How would you perform a 1 in 60 rule method as compared to a 10° drift line method to regain track and/or go straight for the final destination?

I'm building out an application to calculate EUROCONTROL navigation fees. EUROCONTROL make one of these already, but I need to replicate the functionality within my own stack. In the aforementioned ...

I'm a software engineer that's interested in decoding raw FIS-B data. DO-267A (E.1) points me at http://fpr.tc.faa.gov/default.asp as the location of the FIS-B Product Registry. However, I have been ...

What if we used 4 motors which all are from different manufacturers? Will it fly/hover ? All 4 brushless motors have same kv and dimensions. Like 2204 2300kv .

Can the lift of a plane be increased by increasing the Angle of Incidence (angle between the chord line of the main wing and the axis of the fuselage)? Meaning, can more lift be generated while the ...

I want to know the panel's name and how it works. This picture is an Iberia Airbus A340-600

Please explain the Aerodynamic or engine considerations which makes turboprop more efficient at low altitude n low speed as compared to turbo jet.

Why there are two red lines on G meter reading on theMig29 aircraft? One at 7.5G,another one is at 9G.Also on the AOA scale the red line is at only 15 degrees .That is max AOA. Its looks like the very ...

I have heard that thin airfoils are used for fast fyling and thick airfoil a are used for more lift. Is it true? Can you explain specific uses of thick and thin airfoils ?

How high can an airplane be spotted with eyesight? Suppose a plane has a wingspan of 15 m then at what distance it will appear as a faint dot? What is the correct way to calculate this?

We see that passenger aircraft have recently made cargo flights so that the supply chain does not decrease due to the Covid-19 crisis. It is seen that the cargo boxes are loaded on the passenger ...

Okay, this is a 3 part question. How would you use the 1 in 60 rule, in the air - in flight? When would you use the 10° drift line way and when would you use the 1 in 60 rule way? With reference ...

How many sections does a belly of a PASSENGER aircraft has? Like if we take 3 cases : I am travelling with a check in bag A person who is not travelling himself but sending some items using cargo ...

I'm currently studying for an IR (US). One of the exam practice questions concerns an IAP having only circling minimums, and references 5-4-20(c) of the AIM, which reads: Straight-in Minimums are ...

If you have a true bearing (track) drawn on your map but at the same time you have the magnetic bearing (as worked out from the true bearing and variation), which do you follow? the true bearing on ...

According to the NTSB, the installation of a glideslope serving runway 11 at KHTS (Tri-State Airport, Huntington, West Virginia) was delayed for over twelve years by the lack of suitable terrain for ...

Most aircraft piston engines fall into two general categories:1 Radial engines (radials for short2) have their cylinders radiate out from the crankshaft in a star pattern; they tend to have a blunt, ...

It recently came to my attention that the different time zones on Earth could allow for a person to celebrate holidays such as New Years twice by flying from one point to another. Is it possible to ...

When it comes to commercial flights, I am aware that once the aircraft has reached a certain altitude, the autopilot activates and assists the pilots in flying the aircraft. It makes being a pilot on ...

In one of the earliest scenes of William A. Wellman's 1942 film Thunder Birds, a sign can be seen in a room of a USAAF base (some relax or briefing room, apparently), which says: Ground loops are ...

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There's a short cameo of a total destruction of a plane in Queen's Innuendo official video (2:11). Here's the video itself: And here is a screenshot of the most ...

I was looking at images of the SkyCourier shown below and i have noticed the asymmetrical exhaust pipes in both engines (one pointing up and one is straight), doing my research on the internet, i ...

Shock wave causes an adverse pressure gradient which causes an airfoil to stall. Also because gas density is much lower boundary layer becomes laminar and unable to prevent separation. Correct me if ...

My recent conversation with uhoh reminded me of something which stays kind of unmentioned in history of air and space flight, namely the altitude record prior to Gagarin's Vostok 1 mission. I wonder ...

Reading this question and answers, I was wondering if modern airliners with cruciform tail have some noticalbe washout or negative twist along the horizontal stabilizer's span. During cruise, if wing'...

How or how are airlines segregating passengers on board still flying aircraft? Are they reducing numbers so that there is space between seats?

I heard that upper wing could increase stability, but why do fighters need it? Or are there some other reasons? Please specify.

Would limiting the angle of attack to a maximum of 13 degrees by the fly by wire system help pilot gain advantage over his/her enemy during aerial one to one combat? Using such limits would reduce the ...

By looking an image of P-40 Warhawk with taildragger (and other vintage warplanes), one can conspicuously find the propeller disc of this aircraft isn't perpendicular to the relative airflow which ...

One type of instrument commonly referred to as a "gyrocompass" is commonly used in ships. It detects true north based on gyroscopic precession, and is not slaved to any magnetic compass or any ...

It seems that there are a toilet and small kitchen in the Su-34. The Su-34 is a medium range fighter-bomber with a range of action of 4000km able to transport 8 tons of bombs and missile. I know that ...

Has there been a time either during an aviation accident or during normal flight where the flight data recorder or the cockpit voice recorder devices failed or the data was significantly corrupted?

What Is this on the fuselage of The Fokker F100?

What are these strips on and below the tail of this HAL Tejas?

I'm looking for the average pitch of big planes like an Airbus A300. For horizontal travel, is the plane horizontal or does it have a pitch like 1 or 2° (or more)? If the plane does not accelerate ...

Why does camouflage decrease some airplanes' speed? I have noticed that some planes fly slower with camouflage than without it. For example, when the RAF applied camo on the P-51 Mustang, they noticed ...

Some helicopters use "tip jet" on the rotor blades tips such as the McDonnell XH-20 Little Henry and Hiller YH-32 Hornet. How do they cancel the rotor torque (often canceled by the tail rotor)?