Right beneath the spectator’s gallery in Frankfurt. Fortunately nobody got killed or injured. What happened: Engineers had…
The elevator tabs are in the “balance mode” when the TE flaps are up where 2 solenoid control…
It utilizes a composite airframe made primarily of carbon fiber reinforced polymer, which makes the aircraft lighter…
Water injection increases power in a jet engine by cooling the air entering the engine’s compressor. The…
The operation of flaps and slats varies depending on the aircraft. In most cases, they move together…
Traditional weather radar systems, while useful, often fall short in capturing the complete picture of atmospheric conditions….
The term control law basically means a set of principles by which the fly by wire controls…
(This is an A380 on a right turn. The inner and center ailerons (big arrow) has a…
Have you ever noticed rolls or skids on the tail of aircraft? They are called tail skids,…
The Boeing 787’s carbon composite structure can take over three times the stresses of its design lifetime,…