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Ask an Explainer - Flight Dynamics

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Q: What is the purpose of the more vertical wing tip on many commercial airplanes?

Categories: Flight Dynamics

Q: What will happen when an aircraft is rolled right and yawed left at the same time?

Categories: Flight Dynamics

Q: How does the tail of an airplane help it during flight?

Categories: Structures & Materials, Flight Dynamics

Q: How is a helicopter controlled?

Categories: Flight Dynamics

Q: What helps a capsule land safely in the ocean?

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Q: What is orbital motion called?

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Q: Would it be possible to fly around the world at the same speed that the sun was setting, so that you could always see the sunset?

Categories: Flight Dynamics

Q: What is the pneumatic system of an aircraft?

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Q: What is an aileron?

Categories: Forces of Flight, Flight Dynamics

Q: I teach computers and technology. My STEM class has been learning about flaps, rudders and wings. My 1st graders would like to know what exactly a flap on a wing does.

Categories: Flight Dynamics