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Feb 18, 2019 at 18:22 history edited called2voyage
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Nov 12, 2018 at 22:13 vote accept Carlos Zamora
Nov 10, 2018 at 3:23 comment added jamesqf FYI, an airplane does not maneuver with flaps. Their purpose is to increase the wing's lift and thus lower the stall speed (at the cost of increased drag), and so are normally only used for takeoff & landing.
Nov 10, 2018 at 0:00 history tweeted twitter.com/StackSpaceExp/status/1061045903656665088
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Nov 9, 2018 at 18:13 comment added zeta-band I bet the speed is high enough that the stuff being hit just plows through the flaps and ailerons in a flash of gamma radiation.
Nov 9, 2018 at 17:58 comment added uhoh This also is not a dupe, but "lift" may apply here as well as a catch-all for transverse forces Is aerodynamic lift ever useful in rocket flight?
Nov 9, 2018 at 17:24 history edited Nathan Tuggy CC BY-SA 4.0
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Nov 9, 2018 at 17:04 history asked Carlos Zamora CC BY-SA 4.0