Ask an Explainer - Flight Dynamics

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Q: Who invented pitch, yaw and roll?
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Flight Dynamics
Q: How does a the plane fly without winglets?
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Flight Dynamics
Q: How does a person bail out of an aircraft?
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Flight Dynamics
Q: Why do some helicopters have a huge roof propeller and a small one and some just have one big one?
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Propulsion, Flight Dynamics
Q: Hot air balloons existed before airplanes did! Why do you keep saying that airplanes were the first things to fly?
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Flight Dynamics
Q: How are Kepler’s laws different than Newton’s laws of motion?
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Flight Dynamics
Q: Do some helicopters use the exhaust as a tail rotor?
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Flight Dynamics
Q: Why do planes have two independant ailerons to each wing?
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Flight Dynamics
Q: How can I calculate the distance an air propelled rocket will fly if I know the angle it is pointed, the weight of the rocket (constant weight, only air pressure propellant) the pressure I apply to it and the size of the outlet (diameter of the rocket)?
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Flight Dynamics
Q: Why do helicopters need a tail rotor and what is torque?
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Structures & Materials, Flight Dynamics