It's time to start up a FAQ thread and sticky it to the top of the list. I'm looking for links and suggestions for common questions that we can set up some links to search results so that some of the common questions or cool aerodynamic sites out there can be all piled together into a one stop shopping experience.

So let's have some suggestions about what are the common questions and some links to good sites.

A link to a common question search here at RCU would be, for example, "How do symetrical airfoils provide lift if they are symetrical?"

For this I'll try a few searches and fine tune the search parameters and then save the search results for a hyperlink to the results.

For outside stuff I'm thinking of any sites that offer good Aerodynamic explanations to many of the common questions about how aircraft fly and some of the common problems they can run into. More design and aerodynamics related for this forum.

So let's have all your suggestions and we'll get this rolling....

Here are some of my favorite links:

NACA Technical report server http://naca.larc.nasa.gov/

NASA Dryden Research http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/index.html

NASA Langley Research http://www.larc.nasa.gov/

NASA Langley Research (Aeronautics) http://www.larc.nasa.gov/research/in...eronautics.htm

NASA Scientific and Technical Information http://www.sti.nasa.gov/

Applied Aerodynamic Index http://www.desktopaero.com/appliedaero/indexpage.html

National Air and Space Museum http://www.nasm.si.edu/

Lockheed-Martin http://www.lockheedmartin.com/wms/fi...sp=fnec&ti=100

Code One Magazine (Lockheed-Martin) http://www.codeonemagazine.com/index.html

Boeing http://www.boeing.com/

Air Force Link News http://www.af.mil/

Scaled Composites (Burt Rutan) http://www.scaled.com/

Military Analysis Network http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/index.html

Embry-Riddle Virtual Aviation Library http://www.erau.edu/libraries/virtual/Aviation/

Selig Airfoil Database and Airfoil Useage http://www.aae.uiuc.edu/m-selig/ads/aircraft.html


These are all "solid" sites that aren't going to disappear in a month.
Enjoy, everybody.

C.g. and m.a.c. comes up a lot.
Dihedral.
Ailerons, pro and con.

Here you go...

Palos RC (online MAC and CG calculator-free) http://www.palosrc.com/instructors/mac.htm

The most comprehensive c.g. and m.a.c. computer...
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/scherrer/mat...glish/mce.html

Thanks guys, a great start.

Something I ran across a while ago.... Pretty neat site with alot of flash animations to describe everything.

http://142.26.194.131/aerodynamics1/

Thanks for all the links so far. And a shameless bump to the top so others can see and perhaps offer up some links.

I'd also like your opinions on the top 5 or whatever questions posed here in the Aerodynamics forum. I'll use these for links to search statements. Please and thanks !

I hope to set up the FAQ in the next week or so.

Thanks Tall Paul, I like it!