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]]> RSS.com 2026.817.133114 Sun, 23 Aug 2026 11:42:21 GMT en 2bb4aec9-ce03-5a11-9005-457328a86bac https://media.rss.com/drone-builders-collective/podcast_cover_20260822_011950_07d9cd11316216b10b353b4e7a4749f0.png Drone Builders Collective https://paladinautomation.com/ no Paladin Automation LLC Paladin Automation Paladin Automation false episodic podcast Maryland, USA United States, USA true <![CDATA[Aerodynamics and Flight: Compressibility and High-Speed Flight]]> This lesson explains Mach number, the speed of sound, shock waves, expansion waves, transonic flight, critical Mach number, drag divergence, Mach tuck, sweep, high-speed inlets, and nozzle flow.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/drone-builders-collective/3089941 71255d37-f55c-416e-96e5-0bce0367c187 1883 full 1 1 8 8 Sun, 23 Aug 2026 11:40:03 GMT false true <![CDATA[Aerodynamics and Flight: Real Airflow and Aerodynamic Testing]]> This lesson explains how engineers deal with real airflow. We will cover boundary layers, laminar and turbulent flow, transition, separation, Reynolds number, wind-tunnel testing, flow visualization, computational models, flight testing, and uncertainty.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/drone-builders-collective/3089940 068b2d75-94ad-4ff2-95e9-c295af3272ea 2092 full 1 1 7 7 Sun, 23 Aug 2026 11:38:27 GMT false true <![CDATA[Aerodynamics and Flight: Aerodynamic Surfaces and Controls]]> This lesson explains flight control surfaces, how they work, why an aircraft needs more than a wing, and why the systems that move them are as important as the surfaces themselves.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/drone-builders-collective/3089939 c3434312-a5c5-443b-b524-c69a525e982c 1901 full 1 1 6 6 Sun, 23 Aug 2026 11:37:23 GMT false true <![CDATA[Aerodynamics and Flight: Wing and Aircraft Geometry]]> This lesson explains the major parts of wing geometry and how designers use them to shape aircraft behavior.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/drone-builders-collective/3089938 a08ca898-1500-42dc-af17-8ab6153bde42 1847 full 1 1 5 5 Sun, 23 Aug 2026 11:35:56 GMT false true <![CDATA[Aerodynamics and Flight: Drag and Aerodynamic Efficiency]]> In the last lesson we learned how a wing creates lift: camber, thickness, angle of attack, pressure differences, and the turning of airflow all work together. But lift does not grow without limit. Push the angle of attack far enough, and something dramatic happens—the smooth airflow that was generating all that lift falls apart. That event is the stall, and understanding it is essential because most aviation accidents in small aircraft happen near a stall. This lesson explains what the stall really is, why it happens, how designers manage it, and how aircraft use movable surfaces called high-lift devices to fly safely and slowly for takeoff and landing.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/drone-builders-collective/3089928 fbaf4518-2e8a-454f-8f59-54f501e49e1b 1889 full 1 1 4 4 Sun, 23 Aug 2026 11:20:54 GMT false true <![CDATA[Aerodynamics and Flight: Wings and Lift, Part 2 - Stall and High-Lift Devices]]> In the last lesson we learned how a wing creates lift: camber, thickness, angle of attack, pressure differences, and the turning of airflow all work together. But lift does not grow without limit. Push the angle of attack far enough, and something dramatic happens—the smooth airflow that was generating all that lift falls apart. That event is the stall, and understanding it is essential because most aviation accidents in small aircraft happen near a stall. This lesson explains what the stall really is, why it happens, how designers manage it, and how aircraft use movable surfaces called high-lift devices to fly safely and slowly for takeoff and landing.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/drone-builders-collective/3089926 192e14ae-2076-44db-8ad6-4e013280aa2b 860 full 1 1 3 3 Sun, 23 Aug 2026 11:19:03 GMT false true <![CDATA[Aerodynamics and Flight: Wings and Lift, Part 1 - Airflow, Pressure, Momentum]]> Lift is not a vague miracle. It is a force produced by a pressure difference over the wing, which itself comes from the wing's shape and angle of attack. A cambered airfoil produces lift at zero geometric angle; a symmetric one needs positive angle. Either way, the wing turns airflow, creating circulation and a pressure imbalance that yields an upward-directed component of aerodynamic force.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/drone-builders-collective/3088111 522aac53-c138-44b4-89ad-9a87b29108a0 1052 full 1 1 2 2 Sun, 23 Aug 2026 11:05:35 GMT false true <![CDATA[Aerodynamics and Flight: Forces and Motion]]> This segment explains what the four forces are, how they change, and how they work together to determine an aircraft’s motion. It also introduces airspeed, density, altitude, and energy—the ideas that make the difference between an aircraft that merely flies and one that performs a useful mission.

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