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What effect does testing airfoils have on flight
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What is the effect of dihedral wings on lift?
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What materials are used to make landing gear?
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Why do helicopters need a tail rotor and what is torque?
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What kind of material does an airship use?
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What is the thing that projects at the tip of a wing?
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When did airplanes start having the modern fuselage that we see today?
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Why are pressurized windows rounded on the corners?
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What kinds of materials are used in RAM jet/SABRE jet engines?
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What about the fastest plane in the world makes it the fastest?
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Structures & Materials
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