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Top Asked Questions Design/Engineering Can you make an airplane look like a car? Devin Do planes have oil tanks? Alissa How do you start a plane? Grant Who invented the F-22 Raptor and how long did it take to get the goverment to approve it? If I would build an airplane, what are some of the most important things I’ll need? Ben Do you land aircraft into the wind or do you go with the wind? Also, why do they do that? How far can an airplane fly? Alissa How do weather conditions affect a plane? Breanna Is it hard to build an airplane? Kaitlin How old do planes get before they’re not good for anything? Alissa Does the front end or the back end of a plane have a special name? Carolyn What is more important, the wings or the propeller? Carolyn Why is there sometimes a ring of condensation when an airplane goes supersonic? Is there a speed dial telling how fast the airplane is going? Claire Who invented the first jet plane? Caroline When is the Metric System used for flying? What conversions should I know to fly outside of the USA? How do 7 or 9 cylinder airplane engines work? I am wondering how the pistons work. Sincerely, Shane Simms (Young Eagle) what planes are built by Vernon Payne, does he have any books? How come when a plane takes off gravity doesn’t pull it back down? Travis Why did the American B-26 bomber have guns underneath it instead of in the wings? Chris Is there a brake pedal and acceleration pedal like on a car? Grant If I was planning on buying a home-built kit for flying across country with room for about 4 people what would be a good plane? How does a helicopter engine work? Does an airfoil generate more lift in water since water is more dense than air? My name is Benjamin Greif. I'm in the 7th grade and am 12 years old. I'm very interested in aerodynamics and am wondering if a bullet was fired going 1000 mph, and you're flying a plane that goes 1,000 mph, the bullet would go 2,000 mph, right? So if a bullet was fired backwards off the end of the plane would it hover and slowly descend to the ground not far from the barrel of the weapon? Basically because I am going 1000 mph, and the bullet is going 1,000 mph I would think it should stay near me, or would it cancel out and just fall? Thank you! How do the various engineering diciplines (i.e. Civil, Chemical, Electrical, and Mechanical) contribute to manufacturing an airplane? Can windshear cause a plane to crash? How did people build the first airplane? Hello, for my science project I want to build a wind tunnel. Could you please help me? Zach What are the differences between a North American T-6 Texan and a Vultee BT-13? Hi, for my science project I have to build a spacecraft. I am wondering what essentials I would need. Please help! Sarah O. In your opinion, what's the worst airplane design ever built? Jerry Kirby Is it illegal if I wanted to build an aircraft from my own plans and fly it, without a license? Thanks, Ryan Age 11 I am building an R/C model plane, for my senior project, and I would like some plans or instructions. Especially for a WWII fighter plane. Can you help me? If a jet airplane was built as small as your hand could it still fly? How many planes have been made since the first flight to now? What happens if lightning hits an airplane? Are there systems designed to deal with this? If so, how do they differ on different airplanes like Commercial, Military, General Aviation, and Home Built? Is a "composite" aircraft at greater risk then an "all metal" aircraft? And what about static electricity? How does static electricity fit into the picture and what to airplanes do about it? How do you check and clean an airplane and its motor? How many modern aircraft do not have flaps? How many greyhound buses can a C5 Galaxy fit inside? If a person that was about 5-feet tall and was going to drive a plane that was made four an older an taller person would they be able to drive it? Hi! My name is Njaal Nilssen, I'm a 17-year-old Norwegian student at a European Part 147 school located in Bardufoss, Norway. I'm planning to build my own aircraft, which I have designed myself. All hardware components I'm planning to use are metric, for example I'm using a converted VW 1600cc engine for powerplant and vw wheel hubs. And my question is: does metric hardware like bolts, and nuts exist? All hardware we have at the school is imperial, since almost all of our aircraft are American (Cheyenne, Seneca, Jet Commander, F104, F5, Bell UH1B, and the Swedish SAAB Safir) and I couldn't find any sites on the Internet that has information about metric aircraft certified bolts! How do pontoon planes fly? How are they built? Adrienne, age 11 Who and or what schools are working on Gyro/Auto rotation design development. Hi. How do pontoon planes fly? Please describe the source of propulsion. Adrienne, age 11 What is a glass cockpit? -Dan Hello, do you know of any software that may be able to help you design your own aircraft? If so, could you please tell me who makes it or if you can't, could you suggest anyone who can help me? Thanks, David Can airplanes get struck by lightning? - Sydney Why aren't flare tube fittings and hose fittings safety wired? Is it diffuclt for a company(or anyone) to make a high RPM engine? The reason I ask is because I read in a book on aircraft design that said after calculating the power needed for an airplane to fly, you have to account for the fact that you're stuck with a small propeller on a fast engine that lowers overall effiency to 50 percent. Also, if there are lower RPM engines, is there a weight penalty for using them? Search In 'Design/Engineering' : View All Topics

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