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Q: So you say that trade-offs exist in order to find the balance between the right amount of skin friction drag and the right amount of pressure drag. How do you go about this trade study?
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Aerodynamics
Q: How does water act like air according to Bernoulli's principle?
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Aerodynamics
Q: I am a fifth grade student in New York and I am doing an independent inquiry on how gliders fly for my gifted class. My project's essential question is "How do things fly and how does this effect gliders?"
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Aerodynamics
Q: Will the United States ever build a Supersonic passenger jet?
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Aerodynamics
Q: How does a Frisbee fly?
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Aerodynamics
Q: How does a plane create a wind of its own?
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Aerodynamics, Propulsion
Q: What is the definition of Reynold's Number, and how is it used in the study of aerodynamics?
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Aerodynamics
Q: Why are high-speed airplane wings shaped the way they are?
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Aerodynamics
Q: Why does sound move faster in warmer air?
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Aerodynamics
Q: Why do birds fly in a V formation?
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Aerodynamics