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Asked and answered, since a any plane without a functioning engine is basicly a glider: What is the optimal bank angle to accomplish a given turn in a glide? Assuming the question refers to an engine …

Yes. Any abrupt maneuvering near stall speed in any conditions increases the risk of stall. Add yaw (flying an uncoordinated turn), and you further increase the risk of entering a spin. As for the ef …

For the sake of simplicity let's assume that the impossible turn in this case is in fact fully impossible, so no borderline cases are considered. The actual choice in this case would be "where do I cr …

Yes, a plane can continue climbing even when it exceeds the critical AoA, as long as it has enough thrust and sufficient pitch for that thrust to have a large enough vertical component to maintain the …

Using AoA as reference gives a simple way to maintain a safe stall margin. If approach speed was used as reference, there would have been multiple speeds to memorize, as the weight is not the same fro …

The engines do create some thrust (exhaust gasses), but it is of little significance. Most of the energy from the turbine engine is harvested to turn the propeller as explained on NASA website (for ex …

According to this article on aerospace-technology.com, many of the larger business jets seem to have a service ceiling of 51,000 feet. Other sources verify this trend. What is the reason for this, if …

This is perhaps not going to be a very good answer to the specific question, but the mission you describe would constitute some out-of-the-box thinking. As John K already suggested, a very light cons …

Answer to the first question: yes you could, and the answer to the second would be theoretically yes, but it would make no sense. Here's why: When designing aircraft, a simplified version of choosing …

Inertia is defined by Oxford languages as a property of matter by which it continues in its existing state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, unless that state is changed by an external fo …

The requirements for VA and VB can be found in Code of Federal Regulations, more precicely in Title 14, Chapter I, Subchapter C, Part 25, Subpart C, Flight Maneuver and Gust Conditions § 25.335 (c) D …

And this just in: In Peter Kämpf's answer he presented Atlantic crossing as one of the metrics, and the age-old Vickers VC-10 record has been beaten. The new subsonic Atlantic crossing record (this ti …

As for the weight vs. speed: a rigid or semirigid airship has a max takeoff weight, which depends on it's size (because the size pretty much determines the max lift). If this airship was to fly, say, …

Plain and simple, to meet current market requirements, Airbus can do pretty much nothing to make the 380 more "current". The technical improvements suggested do nothing to change the fact that the 380 …

The problem in the accident you mentioned was not bad performance of the plane, but the effect the thick snow on the runway had on the plane. Basically a pilot error, or bad info given to the pilot. P …