How Do Airplanes Fly?

Making a faster plane takes more than building better engines and structures. To go supersonic, engineers had to solve hundreds of problems -- including ditching one of the biggest assumptions in aerodynamics!

How Do Airplanes Fly?

For the pioneers of human aviation, one of the trickiest problems was figuring out how to steer the early craft. Then, the Wright Brothers changed everything by using bike parts and watching birds.

When you hear the word "drone," you probably think of something either very useful or very scary. But could they have aesthetic value? Autonomous systems expert Raffaello D'Andrea develops flying machines, and his latest projects are...

Making a faster plane takes more than building better engines and structures. To go supersonic, engineers had to solve hundreds of problems -- including ditching one of the biggest assumptions in aerodynamics!

Hank tells you about cavitation - the power of tiny bubbles to weaken metal, kill fish & maybe even cure cancer.

This week we’re headed out to sea for some marine engineering. How do we design ships to handle aquatic environments? How do we deal with marine life and corrosion and all of the other problems that come with engineering in the ocean?...

From Wright Brothers to Propeller Planes - How do they work?

Welcome back to the Fluctus channel, where we explore the massive scale and engineering behind modern container ships, the critical role of military divers, and the precision of aircraft maintenance and refueling operations. Fluctus is a...

Welcome back to the Fluctus Channel. In this episode, we delve into the complex propulsion systems of gigantic ships. Discover the ability of the ship to move in any direction through a propeller directed by the application...

Welcome back to the Fluctus Channel for a feature about how gigantic ships bolstered Southeast Asia's local maritime industries after being decommissioned along the beaches.



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