Ask an Explainer - Aerodynamics

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Q: What actually happens if a flight takes place in absolute ceiling level?
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Forces of Flight, Aerodynamics
Q: Textbooks say an aircraft in flight changing its pitch attitude rotates about its center of gravity. It seems to me that it would rotate about its center of pressure (lift). Which is it?
Categories:
Aerodynamics
Q: Why do the propellers on an airplane need to have a nose? Why can't it be a square?
Categories:
Aerodynamics, Structures & Materials
Q: Does the shape of a plane really influence its ability to fly?
Categories:
Forces of Flight, Aerodynamics
Q: How does a elevator help pitch up and down?
Categories:
Aerodynamics, Structures & Materials
Q: Why are objects streamlined?
Categories:
Aerodynamics
Q: Are air and other gases considered to be fluids?
Categories:
Aerodynamics
Q: What is the equation for dynamic pressure?
Categories:
Aerodynamics
Q: What is streamline body? How does it help in movement of animal that flies or swims?
Categories:
Aerodynamics
Q: What is the difference between wings of an airplane and space shuttle?
Categories:
Aerodynamics