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Ask an Explainer - Forces Of Flight

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Q: Should airplane wings be at a certain angle?
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Forces of Flight
Q: If you move your hand in the air is it flying?
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Forces of Flight
Q: Whats makes an airplane loop?
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Forces of Flight, Flight Dynamics
Q: How does drag affect hot air balloons?
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Forces of Flight, Gravity & Air
Q: Is acceleration a force?
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Forces of Flight
Q: Is it possible to propel somthing inside of the space station? If so how would you do it?
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Forces of Flight, Propulsion
Q: How do bugs fly when the wind is blowing hard for them because they are smaller then us?
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Forces of Flight, Flight Dynamics
Q: How do scientists send a satellite to planets like Mars, as there is no force in vacuum to move the satellite?
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Forces of Flight
Q: How is force related to the momentum of a body?
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Forces of Flight
Q: Who discovered the four forces of flight?
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Forces of Flight

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