What Is an Area Rule and How Does It Work?
Explore how Whitcomb’s area rule works, and find out how this intuitive approach in design helped engineers to minimize the transonic wave drag.
Tagged: Aerodynamics
How Does a Sonic Boom Work?
A sonic boom is a sound you hear when something (duh! airplane!) travels at a velocity faster than the velocity of sound (340 m/s). They are exactly heard when the airplane breaks the barrier of...
Why Don’t Ants Get Hurt When They Fall from Heights?
Ever wondered why ants are not injured when you blow them off your cookies? It is because they are so small that they wouldn’t even realize that something traumatic ever happened to them (although, they do...
How Aerobatic Airplanes Fly Inverted?
Aerobatic airplanes are a special breed of aircrafts specifically designed for the bone wrecking maneuvers. The aerobatic maneuvers performed in those planes would make you dizzy even when looked from the ground. Ever wondered how...
