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Why are there no helicopters with the rotor mounted on the bottom?

answered Oct 23, 2023 at 12:52

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Why battery voltage is lower than system/alternator voltage

answered Jan 8, 2021 at 14:12

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Is possible to stick two '2-blade' propellers to get multi-blade propeller?

answered Feb 9, 2021 at 7:16

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Is a vertical stabiliser needed for straight line flight in a glider?

answered May 10, 2019 at 9:44

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What is this fighter jet at Weymouth NAS?

answered Aug 26, 2019 at 16:02

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Do any aircraft carry boats?

answered Sep 11, 2019 at 9:38

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Which aircraft have fought against its own type in active combat?

answered Jul 17, 2023 at 8:16

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Is the "deaths per passenger mile" metric more useful for evaluating air travel safety than "deaths per flight"?

answered Jun 20 at 13:35

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By using the speed brake do we reduce the speed or do we increase the descent rate or does both happen simultaneously?

answered Apr 30 at 13:30

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At what point does an aircraft become an airliner?

answered Feb 12, 2020 at 15:10

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Could a blown wing ever be powerful enough to lift an aircraft at zero forward velocity?

answered Jan 8 at 12:42

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Why does the spool speed increase with altitude for a turbofan engine (single spool & double spool)?

answered Sep 4, 2019 at 11:24

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Why don’t airports use jetways as an airlock to avoid having to repressurize the plane for every flight?

answered Jun 21, 2021 at 15:28

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Why is China still heavily reliant on Russian turbofan engines?

answered Mar 14, 2022 at 14:57

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What does Line imply in Line Replaceable Unit?

answered May 10, 2023 at 8:44

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Could a hybrid electric steam plane be more efficient at altitude than at sea-level, and how to optimise it to frigid air?

answered Jun 11, 2019 at 14:37

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What commercial airplane broke the sound barrier in 1979?

answered Jan 15 at 9:49

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Why are there no helicopters with the rotor mounted on the bottom?

Why battery voltage is lower than system/alternator voltage

Is possible to stick two '2-blade' propellers to get multi-blade propeller?

Is a vertical stabiliser needed for straight line flight in a glider?

What is this fighter jet at Weymouth NAS?

Do any aircraft carry boats?

Which aircraft have fought against its own type in active combat?

Is the "deaths per passenger mile" metric more useful for evaluating air travel safety than "deaths per flight"?

By using the speed brake do we reduce the speed or do we increase the descent rate or does both happen simultaneously?

At what point does an aircraft become an airliner?

Could a blown wing ever be powerful enough to lift an aircraft at zero forward velocity?

Why does the spool speed increase with altitude for a turbofan engine (single spool & double spool)?

Why don’t airports use jetways as an airlock to avoid having to repressurize the plane for every flight?

Why is China still heavily reliant on Russian turbofan engines?

What does Line imply in Line Replaceable Unit?

Could a hybrid electric steam plane be more efficient at altitude than at sea-level, and how to optimise it to frigid air?

What commercial airplane broke the sound barrier in 1979?