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Ask an Explainer - Structures & Materials

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

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