He was too poor to afford flying lessons, so when he was old enough, he tried to join the armed forces: “I wasn’t really interested in being in the military, but I wanted to fly.” First he tried the Army Air Corps, but he failed the physical. “They didn’t really want anybod...
Note that i had to split up the tutorial into more than one post to workaround the maximum picture-per-post limit. Part 1: In this tutorial i'd like to describe the way of converting a common plane model into a flyable PCO for Battlefield. I will cover the hierarchy, material setup ...
For example, in visual conditions, the approach must be stabilized at 500' above the runway or the pilots will initiate a go-around. What does stabilized mean to the jet crowd? The airplane is fully configured, with whatever flaps and gear settings are used to land. The engines are at a...
What would the Wright brothers—the pioneers of powered flight—make of an age in which something like 100,000 planes take to the sky each day in the United States alone? They'd be amazed, of course, and delighted too. Thanks to their successful experiments with powered flight, the ...
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Finally, we come to the ailerons, horizontal flaps located near the end of an airplane's wings. These flaps allow one wing to generate more lift than the other, resulting in a rolling motion that allows the plane to bank left or right. Ailerons usually work in opposition. As the right...
speeds. The flaps also increase the aircraft's drag, which helps slow it down for the landing. Due to wing design in jet aircraft, slats are also required to generate the necessary lift at low speeds. Slats are on the wing's leading edge, while the flaps are on the wing's trailing ...
In other words, ramjets make allies of the very shock waves and compression forces that once opposed high-speed flight; they literally go with the flow [sources: Encyclopaedia Britannica; NASA]. Ramjets are more efficient over long distances than rockets but suffer a significant disadvantage: ...
While I was in Asia renting apartments with kitchenettes, I carried a small espresso maker with me to make my morning routine a delight. When I was in South America doing shaman-things, I had space for all my shamanic accoutrements. I also like to have specialized nutritional supplements, ...
Glued in place (but not to the sides yet). NOW you can spring the fuselage sides open and get some glue in. Do it one side at a time to make life a little easier. Now glue the turtle deck former in place in front of the tail. Then add the two little ‘left and right’ turtle...