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What is the difference between an aero engine and a rocket engine?
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What are the two common types of rockets?
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Why do rocket scientists prefer solid propellants instead of liquid ones?
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I want to know about how a quadcopter works and the calculation and principles behind it.
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How do helicopters fly?
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How do you identify tractor and pusher propellers?
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Propulsion
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Is a piston present in all types of engines or propeller type engine only?
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Is there any piston cylinder arrangement in a turbofan or turbojet engine?
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Propulsion in space? If I press my hand against a wall and push, I move away from the wall. With no wall there, the same motion by me creates no movement other than my hand relative to my body. In space with nothing to "push off of" how do you speed up?
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Propulsion
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How far have rockets gone (robots included)?
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Propulsion
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