Just like the downhill skier, the pilot wants to make the aircraft as small as possible. The amount of drag produced by the landing gear of a jet is so great that, at cruising speeds, the gear would be ripped right off the plane. For flight to take place, thrust must be equal to ...
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On 2015, reports circulated that X’s much anticipated Buy Button would soon go bye-bye. The internal team dedicated to the project had been disbanded, with employees either leaving or being place on related teams (i.e. customer service and dynamic product ads). With all the chaos, many ...
When Yang Liwei, a former fighter jet pilot, displayed the flags of China and the United Nations together during the Shenzhou V mission in 2003 and wrote, “To make use of outer space peacefully and for the benefit of all humankind, the Chinese came to outer space.” He was remembered in...
Rollercoasters are cleverly designed to maximize fear; they're as much about human psychology as the physics of energy conversion. But psychology can and does play tricks. We love rollercoasters because they feel more dangerous than they actually are. But when an accident happens at an amusement...
How does one make good screenshots? If you play War Thunder, you have probably seen plenty of stunning screenshots that look like they were taken by professional photographers, but with one key difference—they’re from the game. With the “Firebirds” update, the graphics have received signifi...
C check is performed approximately every 20–24 months, or after a specific number of actual flight hours (FH), or according to the manufacturer’s instructions. A large majority of the aircraft’s components must be inspected during this maintenance check, which is much more thorough than the...