It's one of the only tunnels in the world that can accommodate full-size rail cars. Courtesy of RTA Key Takeaways From aircraft and cars to industrial and consumer products, wind tunnels are crucial for testing the aerodynamics of various objects, allowing for improvements in safety, ...
In its simplest form, a glider is an unpowered aircraft, an airplane without a motor. While many of the same design, aerodynamic and piloting factors that apply to powered airplanes also apply to gliders, that lack of a motor changes a lot about how gliders work. Gliders are amazing and ...
A Pratt and Whitney F119 jet aircraft engine creates 156,000 newtons (35,000 pounds) of thrust during this US Air Force test in 2002. That sounds like a lot of power, but it's less than half the thrust produced by one of the vast jet engines (turbofans) on an airliner, as you ...
The Piaggio Avanti is renowned for its unique three-lifting-surface configuration, which contributes to its exceptional aerodynamic efficiency. However, noise is an issue when it comes to this aircraft type.The interior of the cabin offers a level of quietness that allows for conversations, due to...
For example, if the elevators are pointing up and the paper is strong enough, the momentum created will force the back of the airplane down, causing the nose to pitch up. Note that while this is not an official aerodynamic explanation, it can become a general rule of thumb for students ...
The path of every falling object is affected by how the air moves around it. Ski jumpers adjust their shape to gain a huge aerodynamic boost to their jumps. In an area with the right winds, you can do the same thing. When sprinters run with the wind at their backs, they can reach...
Soyuz can land with an accuracy of only 28 kilometers, (with a probability of 0.9997), in the automated aerodynamic descent mode, AUS, relative to the center of the projected landing area. The main reason for such a low precision is the suseptibility of the parachute landing to winds. ...
If you find yourself on a flight that has yet to be upgraded (E175 and select 737 aircraft), you’ll still have Gogo ATG4 basic inflight internet that does the job for checking emails, social media, and a bit of browsing. However, select 737-9 MAX aircraft and all Q400 aircraft used...
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A working orbiter was built to test the aerodynamic design, but not to go into outer space. The orbiter was called the Enterprise after the "Star Trek" starship. The Enterprise flew numerous flight and landing tests, where it was launched from a Boeing 747 and glided to a landing at ...