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Why aren't air turborocket engines used in jet fighters? Few Third World countries have the capability to manufacture high quality turbine blades. Thus, why not use air turborocket engines for the ...

I'm teaching PowerPlants on a ATPL theory course and honestly have some trouble wrapping my head around this one: Most literature describes the term "pressure thrust" – as opposed to "...

I don't know math or physics. If I misuse terms, just edit my post, thanks! Presuppose a normal uneventful flight, such that as the plane climbs and cruises, the pilot reduces engine thrust to 69%-...

— YouTube The one rotating horizontally looks like a standard Surface Movement Radar (SMR). But the one next it, rotating vertically (like a windmill or wind turbine), what is that? Wouldn't that be ...

This is just a postulation upon a few thoughts. I think it is intuitive to understand that in fighter jets, in a dog-fight scenario, higher turning speed, as in closing the angle between the chasing ...

I need to know the name of that metal sheet covering the front of the engine in small Cessnas (specifically the Cessna 182), just behind the propeller. I mean the one where the cowl plugs are put into:...

What does the sound in this YouTube video indicate? It is accompanied by a flashing button. Does that sound indicate the touchdown of both the main and nose landing gear? The pilot also pressed the ...

Chapter 12 of the FAA Airplane Flying Handbook, discussing multiengine flying, goes into quite a bit of detail in the propeller section about how most feathering-propeller-equipped engines on ...

Reading this about slat cove filler meant to reduce aeroacoustic noise, it seems there is no big difference in lift if the cove filler is deployed or not. I understand the shape of a retractable slat ...

I am trying to identify the aircraft in a picture of my Dad with his airplane at Marion Orr's Barker Airfield, Toronto, dated 1948. Having trouble adding pic to this site but someone may remember him....

What is this large protruding rod in the frontal dorsal section of this drawing of a Swissair DC-3: The small rod extending from the nose I am assuming holds the pitot tube and serves as a mount for ...

Coordinated flight requires that the yaw rate and the centripetal acceleration correspond. In other words, for a given $a_{centripetal} = v^2/r = \omega ^2 r$ this means that the yaw rate must equal $\...

So I'm getting into R/C flying and got myself a nice, but pre-owned trainer model. One of the things that need replacing is the propeller, which is a 2-blade nylon 10x8 with too many signs of damage ...

I found this instagram video via YouTube: The description in the YouTube video states that: This aerodynamic baking procedure is applied to reduce wheel brake and engine wear I have two questions: ...

I'm doing some research on STMP. this NBAA link say that STMP is gone. however, this link makes it look like STMP was in use for oshkosh 2021. the subdomain may indicate it wasn't used though so it's ...

I can think of only 2 effects that is The Induced Dag would Reduce with increasing AR of wing. This goes by the simple formula: $$ C_{d(i)} = \frac{K \times C_l^2}{\pi \times \text{AR}} $$ As drag ...

In the recording of the SpaceX live-stream covering the return of the Inspiration4 crew in the Dragon spacecraft one can see an aircraft visually cross path with the capsule at 22:59:58. While the ...

While watching this video on the Convair Model 48 Charger, I was surprised by the dimensions of the horizontal stabilizer. Compared to the North American OV-10 Bronco, which is relatively similar in ...

On United state a VFR cross country flight, after arriving you discover that the magnetic compass has leaked all of the fluid and is inoperative. The weather at airport shows a fast moving cold front ...

N1 is measured in mils (thousandth of an inch) and N2 is measured in IPS (inches per second). Why are different methods used?

You have a friend that has recently purchased a rare car. He has offered to pay you to fly him there and drop him off so he can drive the car back. Is this allowed if you hold a Commercial Pilot ...

I'm studying the systems on my first turbine-engine aircraft, specifically, a C208B. I know that there is "bleed air heat" that mixes with re-circulated cabin-air. I know that the bleed air ...

About how many, and approximately what percent of the instructors who are certified under the FAA hold a gold seal on their CFI certificate? How many not including expired certificates capable of ...

Here's a very niche question. If someone were to have completed their recreational or sport pilot license and be actively pursuing their private pilot license, could flight time without an instructor ...

Let us say I am flying a twin-engine aircraft and I got a engine failure during cruise, without any control on rudder and use the ailerons only, can I still maintain the target track or heading? Will ...

Is there a good free (or payed) 3D model of turbofan engine that can be rotated, with exploding view, maybe some interactivity to show the name of the part etc. For educational purposes. Got an idea ...

Here is a very interesting video shows how an Airbus A330 is converted from passenger plane to a cargo plane. There are lots of changes or modifications were made to the airplane to fit the new ...

What is the roughly 2" high ridge on the bottom of the trailing edge of wing on the Opener Blackfly? It looks like a full span flap, but I thought Blackfly's don't have any flaps? It is not on ...

Does someone know how far the control surfaces (rudder, ailerons, elevator and nose gear) can deflect in a Cessna 210N? I've been searching Google and the POH for hours now and can't find it.

I’m currently planning an instrument flight which includes a full stop at an airport with a RNAV (Obstacle) Departure Procedure. The procedure plate requires RNAV 1 and GPS. In ground school I ...

To do a VOR, ILS or RNP approach, I am turning to establish the final approach course. The approach chart shows I should descend to a lower altitude for intercepting the final descent path. So, my ...

I am trying to find the meaning for a group of words used by professionals in the airline industry and this was one of them.

The Coffin corner is the altitude at which a plane's stall speed is close to Mach 1, the speed of sound (but still below, at the critical Mach number). What accounts for a coffin corner at higher ...

Oftentimes gliders are not equipped with transponders (at least in Europe). Even if they are, they do not necessarily operate it at all times. This is allowed by SERA.13001: (a) When an aircraft ...

I'm struggling with developing an intuition for flight behaviour and stick force with CG locations. Assuming conventional wing and tail configuration, When the CG is moved from aft to forward, the ...

How to calculate how much horsepower is needed to negate wing tip vortices with a wing tip prop? I understand 80% of drag is at the wing tips. Source: Xflaero software notes. I understand NASA's X-57 ...

Is the NASA's X-57 or the Opener BlackFly using a fan, a prop, or a prop/fan and what is the difference visually/physically? NASA X-57 Maxwell, courtesy of Wikipedia Opener BlackFly v3 courtesy of the ...

Thinking about increasing the amount of information one receives beyond that from one's own 1090 MHz ADS-B in receiver when following aircraft as a hobby, is it perceivable and possible to operate a ...

Do gliders (sailplanes) use ridge and wave lift in the Himalayas to go to extreme altitudes, possibly above Everest's peak?

Air Canada Flight 190 at 36600 experienced severe wake turbulence due to a Boeing 747-400 United 896 Flight at 37000. Assume the worst possible combination of civilian aircraft under standard speeds ...

I was on a flight recently and the plane started to descend normally etc. However one cabin crew member randomly announced "remember if we have an emergency landing please leave all your ...

Inspired from this news - The immediate question after reading the news will arose in the minds of novice people like me that - How the aircraft manufacturers cope with this issue? Which leads to ...

I'm working on a design having a 3.2-metre wing with a constant chord section in the middle and taper on the sides. With a tail volume of about 0.68, the neutral point is at 60% chord from the leading ...

In CFM56, I read that it is supposed to increase HPT performance but I don't know how it does that.

In general aviation aircraft, we are being told to calculate TODR (takeoff distance required) using AFM and TODR x 1.25. Why do we need the value with 25% added?

In general aviation aircraft such as Diamond star DA-40, flaps to take-off are used until 500ft AGL and speed before retracting flaps is Vy (best ROC speed)-67kts and after retracting flaps is 80kts. ...

On many aircraft, control surfaces such as elevators, ailerons, rudders, etc., have "horns" which extend forwards of the surface's hingeline, wrapping around the tip of the wing or ...

Searching on internet, I found some performance charts of the Merlin Engine BHP output: As you can see there is an increase in BHP,(mainting a constant Boost Setting), until reaching the critical ...

I'm interested in pursuing a Private Pilot's License. I'm interested in both gliders and powered flight. Gliders look like fantastic fun and powered flight would be an amazing thing to have – I could ...

How is the voting mechanism applied in modern transport airplanes for airdata/inertial reference sensors fault detection and isolation (FDI)? Are there any other FDI methods approved by the regulators ...