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What kind of gauge is this?

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What prevents a small plane like a Cessna or Piper from flying as high as a jet?

answered Jun 30, 2021 at 2:08

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Are transponders sometimes referred to as ‘parrots’?

answered May 24 at 3:30

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What's the airplane with the smallest ratio of wingspan to fuselage width?

answered Aug 17 at 4:37

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Where is the GA community at regarding fuel/engine types?

answered Aug 10, 2021 at 23:28

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Never heard of this Aerofoil?

answered Mar 26, 2022 at 21:34

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How would a wheel-well stowaway have performed on a Concorde?

answered Oct 22, 2022 at 18:09

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How does the lift force stop increasing itself after a certain point?

answered Aug 26, 2023 at 6:15

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How much horsepower is required to run the supercharger in an R-2800 engine?

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Type of airfoil used by Briggs, Hull, and Dryden

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What is this low wing propeller plane flying near Denver?

answered Jan 29, 2022 at 22:49

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Are there ways to avoid using leaded fuel in older aircraft?

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BHP increases with Altitude

answered Sep 13, 2021 at 3:27

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Why are the wings of some modern gliders tadpole shaped?

answered Sep 1, 2020 at 18:17

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Are airfoil profiles patented? If not, why?

answered Feb 21, 2021 at 21:33

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Which source(s) provides the most authorative and correct flight dynamics theory?

answered Jul 4, 2021 at 0:10

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What is the general mathematical relationship between increasing an airplane's weight and the needed thrust to fly?

answered Aug 31, 2022 at 4:21

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Moving from 2D wing to 3D wing design

answered Nov 4, 2023 at 4:03

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Hypothesis: swept back propeller would reduce drag and increase thrust

answered Nov 19, 2023 at 4:13

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A review of $\eta$ efficiency factor for propellers

answered Jan 17, 2023 at 0:57

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Thrust = Drag. What about Power?

answered Feb 8, 2023 at 20:14

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What are the correct Cd0 and Cdi values for a NACA 2412 airfoil?

answered Feb 20 at 1:18

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Why does turbulence over a wing make drag?

answered Mar 29 at 19:56

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What happens to tip vortices in a sideslip?

answered Mar 20 at 16:13

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What's the average flight distance on a typical single engine aircraft?

answered Aug 31 at 3:51

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Will a plane 'shake' when it stalls?

answered Jul 24 at 22:14

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How can I find the minimum and maximum airspeeds for efficiency with a specific prop/engine combination?

answered Apr 29 at 18:11

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Does a lift to drag ratio of 100 imply an unattainable performance ratio of 1?

answered Jan 22, 2023 at 4:37

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Effect of leading edge contamination wing performance

answered Aug 31, 2023 at 18:12

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Is the pitch an attitude indicator displays in relation to the ground, or is it in relation to the current aircraft bank?

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What kind of gauge is this?

What prevents a small plane like a Cessna or Piper from flying as high as a jet?

Are transponders sometimes referred to as ‘parrots’?

What's the airplane with the smallest ratio of wingspan to fuselage width?

Where is the GA community at regarding fuel/engine types?

Never heard of this Aerofoil?

How would a wheel-well stowaway have performed on a Concorde?

How does the lift force stop increasing itself after a certain point?

How much horsepower is required to run the supercharger in an R-2800 engine?

Type of airfoil used by Briggs, Hull, and Dryden

What is this low wing propeller plane flying near Denver?

Are there ways to avoid using leaded fuel in older aircraft?

BHP increases with Altitude

Why are the wings of some modern gliders tadpole shaped?

Are airfoil profiles patented? If not, why?

Which source(s) provides the most authorative and correct flight dynamics theory?

What is the general mathematical relationship between increasing an airplane's weight and the needed thrust to fly?

Moving from 2D wing to 3D wing design

Hypothesis: swept back propeller would reduce drag and increase thrust

A review of $\eta$ efficiency factor for propellers

Thrust = Drag. What about Power?

What are the correct Cd0 and Cdi values for a NACA 2412 airfoil?

Why does turbulence over a wing make drag?

What happens to tip vortices in a sideslip?

What's the average flight distance on a typical single engine aircraft?

Will a plane 'shake' when it stalls?

How can I find the minimum and maximum airspeeds for efficiency with a specific prop/engine combination?

Does a lift to drag ratio of 100 imply an unattainable performance ratio of 1?

Effect of leading edge contamination wing performance

Is the pitch an attitude indicator displays in relation to the ground, or is it in relation to the current aircraft bank?