Elements of Aeronautics

What is a jet engine?

A jet engine is a machine that converts energy-rich, liquid fuel into…

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How A Turboprop Engine Works

Turboprop engines combine the reliability of jets, with the efficiency of propeller…

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Turboprop Engine

  To move an airplane through the air, thrust is generated with some kind of propulsion system.…

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Maneuvering Flight

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Aerofoil

Definition of aerofoil Aerofoil or airfoil is defined as the cross-sectional shape…

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Aerodynamic Lift, Drag and Moment Coefficients

In the previous post we introduced the four fundamental forces acting on an aircraft…

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What is Lift?

Lift is the force that directly opposes the weight of an airplane and holds the airplane…

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Newton’s Laws and Flight

Law 1: Inertia The law of inertia has two parts. The first part…

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FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS

Introduction The instruments used in controlling the aircraft’s flight attitude are known…

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POWERED FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS

INTRODUCTIONAs the airspeed of later model aircraft increased, as compared to the…

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