Friday, December 9, 2011

Video: Evaluating the Boeing 747-8F's Rejected Takeoff (RTO) Performance

Excerpt from video description: "To simulate the ultimate rejected takeoff (RTO), crews loaded the airplane above its maximum takeoff weight of 975,000 pounds and installed a set of 100% worn-out brakes."


Altumkell Productions 2011


Sunday, November 27, 2011

Conflict Resolution: Newton, Bernoulli and 'Lift'

A professor of mine from university put together a superb essay for The Physics Teacher clarifying the concept of aerodynamic lift and how it can be best described by either Newton or Bernoulli's laws. Although this targets educators, undergrad engineering/physics students would probably appreciate the accessibility of this essay.


-k