Cars & Transportation: Aircraft: “Question: What is the Boeing SugarVolt airplane? How is it better than a conventional airplane?” plus 5 more |
- Question: What is the Boeing SugarVolt airplane? How is it better than a conventional airplane?
- Question: Y is there no place to have sex on airplanes?
- Question: I know airline pilots need a bachelor's degree, but a bachelor's degree in what?
- Question: How much thrust was produced by the Meredith effect when the P-51d was flown?
- Question: Hi..i an Eric from Ghana and my aim is to be a commercial pilot..can you tell me the best aviation school to enroll in please?
- Question: Why do large planes have their engines on the bottom of the wing?
| Question: What is the Boeing SugarVolt airplane? How is it better than a conventional airplane? Posted: 16 Aug 2016 06:25 PM PDT It's not an actual airplane. It is a feasibility study, paid for in part by NASA, into various technologies aimed to make energy efficient hybrid electric aircraft. One of the concepts of Sugar Volt involves electrically powered distributed propulsion devices powered by one or two turbine engines. In addition to producing thrust the jet engines will also produce electrical power to power the fans located at different points on the airframe to provide additional thrust.  |
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| Question: I know airline pilots need a bachelor's degree, but a bachelor's degree in what? Posted: 16 Aug 2016 02:17 PM PDT Any bachelor degree is FINE - It is best to take a non-aviation subject - so you can have another type of employment if need be - In case of your airline goes bankrupt, or you get a medical problem - Actually, aviation degrees are worthless - |
| Question: How much thrust was produced by the Meredith effect when the P-51d was flown? Posted: 16 Aug 2016 12:43 PM PDT The Meredith Effect on a P51 is caused by the inlet allowing ram air to rapidly slow down and lose pressure prior to entering the radiator. As it expands, it cools and this adds to the efficiency of the cooling system. As the hot air is compressed towards the rear ramp it becomes compressed and forced out the back with considerable velocity. This adds enough thrust to overcome about 90% of the cooling drag when the ramp is at its optimum. The P51 is never short of urge but I can't say that I have ever really attributed what it has to the radiator setup. I guess you need to be without it to notice the difference. There is no doubt that, while technically it does not add thrust, it sure as heck reduces drag, which is pretty much the same thing! |
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| Question: Why do large planes have their engines on the bottom of the wing? Posted: 16 Aug 2016 09:54 AM PDT Wings need to be high enough that the wingtips won't hit the ground in all but the most extreme circumstances. Because they are so high off the ground, the obvious place to put the engines is beneath them, which greatly aids inspection and maintenance. There are also structural and aerodynamic reasons for locating them beneath the wings. Besides those obvious and practical examples, there are about 100,000 airline flights PER DAY worldwide, which is 365 MILLION per year. Exactly how many airline "controlled water landings" (otherwise known as ditching) do you think there have been in the past 10 years? Answer: Five. That's right, exactly 5 ditchings of large aircraft out of more than 3 BILLION flights. Based on these numbers, Do you now realize how ridiculous your suggestion is? There is simply no need for an alternate design. |
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