Ask an Explainer - Flight Dynamics

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Q: What is an orbit? What is the difference between orbit and satellite?
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Flight Dynamics
Q: When a piston aircraft aircraft is in a dive and reaches critical speed, what prevents the airplane from pulling out of a dive? Is this effect similar to the shockwave issues of supersonic flight?
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Flight Dynamics
Q: At what speed is the Earth moving?
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Flight Dynamics
Q: An airplane has three axes of control maneuvered by rudder, elevator and aileron but what are the controls surfaces in space craft?
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Gravity & Air, Flight Dynamics
Q: Can you explain the formula of F=ma? I'm still having troubles with understanding it. Can you also explain Isaacs's 2nd law of motion?
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Flight Dynamics
Q: I need to learn a little bit more about pitch, yaw, roll, and the parts of an airplane. Can you help me?
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Flight Dynamics
Q: Why does the earth revolve at a fixed distance from the sun?
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Flight Dynamics
Q: According to Kepler's first law, when a planet orbits the Sun, where is the Sun?
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Flight Dynamics
Q: How fast does a plane have to go before it lifts off the ground?
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Flight Dynamics
Q: How does the pilot control the tail on a plane?
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Flight Dynamics