The importance of weight and balance control, from an aviation standpoint, leads to the safe and efficient operation of an aircraft. During the design phase of an aircraft, the manufacturer tries to make the airframe, the structure of the aircraft,…
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Can miracles be explained scientifically? Interesting, and I think the short answer is yes. I believe that in some cases that miracles are just things that happened that we didn’t understand. I was watching a show on the History Channel…
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We all know the Wright brothers built the first successful airplane. But their advances in propeller design are less known. They realized a propeller is really just a rotating airfoil (wing). By applying knowledge gained from their wind tunnel testing…
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The propulsion system widely used by transport planes and small subsonic aircrafts running in low speed are usually turboprop engines. Turboprop engines are composed of an intake fan, compressor, combustor, turbine and nozzle. One distinct factor that makes this engine…
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Turboprop engines are the most common engines in small propeller driven aircraft. The propellers are fitted directly to the front of the engine, and when you think of a small aeroplane with a propeller on the front the engine is…
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An elevon on an aircraft is a flap that combines the functions of an elevator and an aileron. The name is derived from these two words. (ELEV-ator and ailer-ON). In a traditionally designed aircraft the elevators control pitch and the…
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For centuries the exploration of science has been used to answer questions about the world that were previously unanswered. For this reason the main purpose of science is the pursuit for truth, not profit. If you look at the meaning…
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Air conditioning is not new. Home cooling efforts date back at least to the Romans in their prime. The Persians made some fairly advanced efforts toward enhancing indoor comfort as well. When out-of-doors, and before air-conditioned vehicles became available, humans…
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Brian Dunning is the author responsible for a series of weekly podcasts debunking and analysing a variety of dubious, pseudo-scientific, un-scientific and downright loony ideas, claims and myths common or persistent in the pop (and not so pop) culture. Skeptoid…
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About a mile up the road from my house is a pond where I like to go cast a line and relax for some quiet time. The fishing is not bad, it was better before all the pond scum began…
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