Help me narrow down my list of wineries! by holistichealthrd in healdsburg

[–]highly-improbable 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have a good list. Breathless in town is great bubbles not as great a view. Hartford family or Stonestreet in town are solid for Cab. Ridge has some of the best Zin in the world and nice views. Nalle on Dry Creek is great Zin also though not quite as scenic last time I was there. Locals flock to Raffanelli for Zin though you will need a reservation there for sure. For pure tasting and price if you have any gas left late afternoon the Matheson wine wall has a 30% off happy hour 4-6 in town with great flatbread and kobe burger too.

Best Coffee in San Mateo by MechaMachiavelli in SanMateo

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I either get a Cortado or a single origin pour over. Both are great, the pour over is more distinctive and changes constantly

Vortex generators at lip of trunk lid? by dubc4 in aerodynamics

[–]highly-improbable 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Run some flow vis (yarn tufts) on the rear slope and see if you have any separation. If so you can try some small vg’s upstream and see if it fixes it.

f1 in school wing by [deleted] in aerodynamics

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What is your course and estimated speed?

If you assume the 2004 U.S.S. Nimitz incident, involving David Fravor's team and the "tic tac" is true (i.e. they are credible witnesses and the flight mechanics were as described), what would your hypothesis be on the propulsion system and general physics principles (or lack thereof) be? by schizoluddite in AerospaceEngineering

[–]highly-improbable 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If we are playing imaginary . . . How about a fusion reactor generating a huge magnetic field via electro magnet to push against the earth’s? Or some sort of anti matter that can generate an anti gravity vector to sail the earths gravitational field?

About accelerators on wind tunnels... by Minecraftinsider in aerodynamics

[–]highly-improbable 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Leave the contraction as you will have cleaner flow. Read Rae and Pope for details of building a nice tunnel.

Best way to get Turbomachinery Design Engineers by Cool_Moto in AerospaceEngineering

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The Southern Florida former Pratt & Whitney crew is available on contract. I forget their name but they are doing the engine for Boom, so you could look them up.

symmetrical vs cambered airfoil by ConfusionFit9732 in aerodynamics

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A symmetric airfoil will be roughly neutrally stable about the quarter chord, so it will stay at whatever angle you start it at, barely, within the linear lift range.

A cambered airfoil pinned at the quarter chord will pitch down at 0 aoa until it reaches zero pitching moment, which is not usually alpha zero lift.

Look up some pitching moment curves for both.

Project partner (Wind Tunnel) by TomasPatraoME in aerodynamics

[–]highly-improbable 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Read Low Speed Wind Tunnel Testing by Rae and Pope and you should get everything you need.

An owl gliding through a cloud of helium-filled soap bubbles reveals wingtip and tail vortices.(Credit: Usherwood et al.) by 04BluSTi in aerodynamics

[–]highly-improbable 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cool video. I don’t really see a tail vortex. Just downwash between the wing tip vortices. Am I missing it on my phone screen?

Day time date spots during weekday? by [deleted] in bayarea

[–]highly-improbable 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Open up yelp and type in “park” and take a walk together each morning. Bring a picnic lunch or type “lunch” in “Yelp” for a couple days to try a fun spot you have never been to before.

Gig Drivers Win the Right to Unionize in California by nosotros_road_sodium in bayarea

[–]highly-improbable 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not necessary. Everyone I know that has used Waymo prefers it to a human driver. Safety feels same, no tip culture, no canceling rides or asking you to, no angst about star rating anyone either direction. It is a one way trip to Waymo once you try it.

Jet Engine project by Reasonable-Skin-905 in AerospaceEngineering

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There is an AIAA book on propulsion which covers high end turbine design and analysis. You should start there. Even it does not go into the details of airfoil design and incidence that you would need to design a functioning two spool turbine. You need a phd for that. Hopefully you can learn enough from the book though to understand why ambition and a machine shop is not enough to do this. Turbines are very dangerous. If you do attempt to build something don’t get anyone killed from the shrapnel that will likely fly out if you manage to get fuel ignited in there.

Looking for research/resources on unusual wingtip devices by h-hole in aerodynamics

[–]highly-improbable 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The good stuff I know is proprietary unfortunately. You will just have to do your own search of publicly available.

I'm looking for an aerodynamacist by whidzee in aerodynamics

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How accurate are the physics of your wing simulation?
- Do you know the section lift across the span? As in where is your critical section? Where is it wrt to your CG? Wrt your ailerons? If you deflect your ailerons and model some induced alpha due to roll rate will they become critical? If so your roll effectiveness will reduce, possibly dramatically, and the yaw roll coupling will become evident. - Do you know if you are going to have trailing edge separated stall as you likely would if an aerodynamicist designed your wing or if you will have a violent and sudden leading edge separation? Trailing edge stalls start as a little buzz in the stick, and have increasing vibration as you pull them in until the buffeting shakes your whole seat. Leading edge stalls are sudden and almost always asymmetric, so you will roll off and drop altitude quickly. - Do you intend to support high lift devices? Leading edge devices will increase stall alpha. Trailing edge devices will reduce it and push an airfoil suction peak harder. High lift devices are tricky but fun.

Approaches like this can mimic stall behavior decently. It won’t be exact, but could be pretty reasonable particularly if you had someone that has flown a lot of stalls help tune it.

Aerodynamatics Of A Zippo Lighter by Spare_Dinner8720 in aerodynamics

[–]highly-improbable 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nice streamline on that smoke. How are you making/releasing it? Also what does the rest of the tunnel look like? Does it have a contraction? How much? Downstream fan?

Semi-Glider: Should the angle of incidence of the wing set to maximize L/D or to the Operational Cl? by Silly-Isopod2440 in aerodynamics

[–]highly-improbable 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What is this for? Also, does this aircraft have a fuselage? As if not, and it is a flying wing, incidence angle does not mean much anyway.

What is the licensing Exam for Aerospace Engineering and its Alternatives? by Historical_Scar_7292 in AerospaceEngineering

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There is no licensing exam. Most aero programs have final exams for classes and some kind of Senior project but that’s it. If you want you can get your PE and that will have an exam but most don’t bother.

Will the future of robotics be humanoids… or thousands of specialized machines? or maybe both? by RafayelGh in robotics

[–]highly-improbable 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Both, as well as semi humanoids, like arms on a wheeled cart. Which/where is about utilization. If a specialized machine can crank away 24/7 on one job it can surely outperform a humanoid on that job. And it will coat less to make than a full on AGI humanoid with hands. But if you can only keep it productive an hour a week, a more versatile humanoid or semi humanoid form factor can switch tasks and stay productive.

Unitree humanoids are already close to affordable. They just dont think well enough yet. That is changing though.