Timeline for Speed to maneuver with flaps and ailerons in interstellar dust
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| Nov 14, 2018 at 12:03 | comment | added | leftaroundabout | “field of floating tennis balls ... won't work anything like the flaps and ailerons of a plane” – well, it is different for sure, but I wouldn't say “not anything like”. In particular, positive angle of attack still gives you positive lift. The main difference is that camber doesn't make sense anymore; you'd instead want to make your airfoils as thin as possible. This is actually somewhat comparable to supersonic / hypersonic aerodynamics. | |
| Nov 12, 2018 at 22:13 | vote | accept | Carlos Zamora | ||
| Nov 9, 2018 at 20:30 | comment | added | anon | So short answer: It works great if you're making a Gundam. | |
| Nov 9, 2018 at 19:24 | comment | added | Organic Marble | Great answer! I was just coming here to invoke Knudsen but I can't improve on what you have here. | |
| Nov 9, 2018 at 19:08 | history | edited | WaterMolecule | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 9, 2018 at 18:56 | history | edited | WaterMolecule | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 9, 2018 at 18:42 | history | answered | WaterMolecule | CC BY-SA 4.0 |