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    What makes an airplane go faster?

    You are welcome to your opinion, sir. I will continue to fly on the step, for those few extra knots.
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    What makes an airplane go faster?

    Ask any gyro pilot.
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    What makes an airplane go faster?

    "On the step" is what all the Old Pharts called it. Translational lift is when the Center of Lift is canted towards the direction of flight, which pulls the aircraft forward, increasing speed.
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    What did you do on your airplane project today?

    I would have thought she had more shoes... You're a lucky guy! :)
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    What makes an airplane go faster?

    If One has adequate power available, and a fairly clean design, you can get the bird "up on the step". Once the bird gets the nose over, while still maintaining level flight, translational lift will add more speed.
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    What did you do on your airplane project today?

    Where are her shoes? I KNOW she brought her shoes!
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    Yamaha Out of Snowmobile Production by 2024/2025

    Well, it was any way...
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    Earthstar Aircraft -Thundergull 2000

    As best I recall, the Thunder Gull was kit-only.
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    Sorrell Guppy

    Too short for what, exactly? Which wing are you calling the "main wing"? Top wing? Lower wing? Or the combination of the two planes?
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    Oil cooler shutter install

    Now I know who pinched the wheel collars from my model airplane! :)
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    What to do with this thing. 3 wheeler.

    Sunday Edition Dallas Morning News, rolled tight and wrapped with duct tape: applied with sufficient velocity, it does an incredible job of "unfreezing" hands from the controls... :)
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    IONIC Thrusters

    Hey! I was on a drill ship with a Scotsman and a Russian: we took bets if anyone could tell the difference between them if they were having a conversation in a dark room!
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    Plexiglass Scratch Removal

    Then I will be clear and concise: #7 Auto Polish is tested to be effective and non-harming to acrylics and polycarbonates. Pop's Colgate is much the same.
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    Plexiglass Scratch Removal

    #7 Auto Polish + Elbow Grease. Flannel cloth works very well. NEVER use a paper product.
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    Verner 3VL now has an aluminum crankcase

    I believe the term you are looking for is "Short, wide and fun to handle!" :)
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    UFOs anyone?

    Since your sense of humor was checked at the door, I suppose it is time.
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    Fatal Accident Rate By Kit Manufacturer

    I have sat on a hard-bottomed seat, and a seat-pack parachute: I will take my chances on a foam cushion, thank you! :)
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    UFOs anyone?

    In all other mammals, when they bleed, they breed. With Humans, before, or after, the menstrual cycle is when the female is most likely to catch. During, it is possible, but not probable. I am not making this up.
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    Fatal Accident Rate By Kit Manufacturer

    It is not the velocity of the object: it is the sudden dissipation of stored energy upon impact... :)
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    UFOs anyone?

    Ah! But would your approach at FTL be unobserved? It has been posited that an object approaching orbit would show on a radar detection system display as an object retreating from the radar system. Also, objects approaching at fractional superluminal velocities give off a "Blue Shift"...
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