Two Aeross teams, Samaritan Aerospace and Peregrine Aerospace, emerge as the top two teams from India at Real World Design Challenge 2020 and have qualified for the finals. They’ll travel to Washington DC to compete with other finalists. Peregrine Aerospace members- Akshit Kumar Aryamun Das Shashwat Raj Siddharth Arya Aryan Read more…
Engines are used not only in commercial airlines but also in military aircraft, missiles and for other machines flying at very high speeds. There is no worry for fuel efficiency in these applications (generally). There’s only a need for speed. Turbojet Engines Turbojet engines are Turbofan engines without a bypass Read more…
Now that you know what goes into making sure that an aircraft stays in the air, you might be wondering how exactly aircraft are designed to be stable and easily controllable. For that matter, how are aircraft controlled at all? How do you decide where to place the wings and Read more…
Flying a plane is tough because it behaves strangely and is quite tricky to handle. You need to develop an instinct to quickly handle stuff on board. Take this for an example: if you want your airplane to go up, you point its nose up; but you point its nose Read more…
Why do you need to know this? The mystery of the how aircraft flies lies in the art of positioning the aircraft (and by extension the wing) in such a way that the flow of air over the wings generates lift. I am not joking – positioning your aircraft is Read more…
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