Ask an Explainer - Flight Dynamics

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Q: How does the plane do a roll if it is really fast?
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Q: What would happen if I used a hoop tail instead of a normal winged tail? Would the results still be the same? Or would my plane glide better?
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Flight Dynamics
Q: If you fire a laser in space, does it just keep on going as there is nothing to draw energy from it so it would dissipate? As for a projectile, isn't this also the case as there is no gravity or air friction to stop it like on Earth?
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Flight Dynamics
Q: Why are spacecraft's controls different from a plane's?
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Flight Dynamics
Q: Why does an object in low Earth orbit project a sinusoidal (wavy) path over the Earth's surface?
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Flight Dynamics
Q: What does the small wing on the tail of an airplane do?
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Flight Dynamics
Q: What does "F=ma" mean in Newton's Second Law?
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Flight Dynamics
Q: Why do orbiting spacecraft get so hot during reentry?
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Flight Dynamics
Q: How do pilots see where they're going in bad weather?
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Flight Dynamics
Q: What keeps an airplane from rolling over?
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Flight Dynamics