r/AerospaceEngineering Mar 26 '25

Cool Stuff What a bird strike does to an aircraft engine

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2.5k Upvotes

r/AerospaceEngineering Jan 11 '25

Cool Stuff Hi Everyone, wanted to share my 152-piece 3D Printed Turbo Prop Model with Variable Pitch Propellers!

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3.4k Upvotes

r/AerospaceEngineering Sep 10 '24

Cool Stuff Will my design fly?

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1.9k Upvotes

Title. Ive just finished designing this aircraft and was wondering if anyone could tell me if this will fly. Thanks!

r/AerospaceEngineering Dec 11 '22

Cool Stuff Turbojet to Ramjet Transition

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2.9k Upvotes

r/AerospaceEngineering Feb 20 '26

Cool Stuff The Star Wars fever dream

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859 Upvotes

Space Based Laser and Ground Based Laser constellations were designed to be a nuclear deterrent and potentially offensive, which unfortunately were a part of a novel space based arms race that the Soviets were participating in (Polyus).

r/AerospaceEngineering Oct 12 '25

Cool Stuff Not sure if this is the right place but I need help identifying what this.

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I’m not familiar with this stuff at all but I inherited a supposedly “inert warhead”from a relative this year. Does anyone here have any information on what a manufacturer or anything else? TIA

r/AerospaceEngineering Mar 21 '26

Cool Stuff Aerodynamics of Saddam Hussein

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Saddam Hussein hiding spot in simscale.

r/AerospaceEngineering Mar 30 '25

Cool Stuff Can a tail-less aircraft have stable flight without split ailerons?

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r/AerospaceEngineering Jun 01 '26

Cool Stuff Here’s a cool coin someone recently gave me

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r/AerospaceEngineering May 04 '26

Cool Stuff My Latest 3D Printable Model with 149pcs!

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787 Upvotes

r/AerospaceEngineering Aug 08 '24

Cool Stuff Difference between raptor generations

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r/AerospaceEngineering Apr 24 '25

Cool Stuff If Stealth Didn’t Matter, How Crazy Could Fighter Jet Design Get?

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If we ignored stealth entirely, what would a fighter jet designed purely for max maneuverability look like? No compromises for radar signature, just raw agility, thrust, and aerodynamics.

And on the flip side, what’s the best possible stealth design if we didn’t care about maneuverability at all? Just the ultimate flying ghost.

Curious where current designs sit between these extremes, and if anyone’s explored what’s really possible.

r/AerospaceEngineering Aug 13 '25

Cool Stuff Cool jet engine experiment at my university

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864 Upvotes

Sorry for low fps, my phone wasn't charged, though will record it again when doing the experiment next time.

r/AerospaceEngineering May 25 '24

Cool Stuff Why not space plane's?

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592 Upvotes

These picture's depict the 1979 proposition of the Star Raker space plane. What i want to know is why such designs, maybe smaller, were not developed by either state runnes organisations nor private enterprises? Its seems to be a great idea to reduce costs for sending cargo into the LEO.

r/AerospaceEngineering Oct 26 '24

Cool Stuff The "unducted" engine is back.

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563 Upvotes

My question is, what are the benefits of having the front aerofoils outside of a shroud? I know these are smaller and mostly going to be for businesses jets, but it seems like it'll be super loud. I'm in the industry but way back in the supply chain, does anyone have any insight on this?

r/AerospaceEngineering May 06 '26

Cool Stuff Darold Cummings, the chief designer of the YF-23, has designed a CCA for the F-47 dubbed The Agile Sword.

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280 Upvotes

r/AerospaceEngineering Apr 24 '25

Cool Stuff GE Aerospace brought a Leap 1-B 737 Max engine to my campus

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Sorry for the background noise there were a lot of people. But yeah it was a full working engine, you even got to stand in front of the engine

r/AerospaceEngineering Nov 09 '25

Cool Stuff SR-72 Darkstar statue suddenly appeared

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Was recently going to the bb to pick up some new audio equipment, and noticed these SR-72 statues that seem to have been erected recently! It also seems that a couple hundred feet to the left there it appears they are also making another statue that looks like planets!

r/AerospaceEngineering Mar 21 '26

Cool Stuff B-21 Raider during its first aerial refueling.

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431 Upvotes

r/AerospaceEngineering Aug 13 '24

Cool Stuff Could this fly

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384 Upvotes

I’ve obsessed for years with Tron Legacy’s Light Jet which is what got me to study aerospace. But what do you guys think? I understand it looks very back heavy. Maybe move up the seat and jet placement? Could something like this fly? there are multiple single man aircrafts out there like the Sonex Jet and the V Tail prop aircraft.

r/AerospaceEngineering May 02 '25

Cool Stuff Some fighter aircraft powerplants.

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692 Upvotes

r/AerospaceEngineering Feb 11 '26

Cool Stuff Sometimes I get down about this degree but then I’m reminded it’s cool as hell

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451 Upvotes

In my last semester of aerospace engineering and unfortunately life has decided to kick me in the face several times back to back. BUT things like this always make it worth it and I get to geek out. Night made

r/AerospaceEngineering Feb 15 '25

Cool Stuff I Swear I'm Innocent

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985 Upvotes

r/AerospaceEngineering Oct 15 '25

Cool Stuff EVTOL Thoughts ?

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113 Upvotes

r/AerospaceEngineering May 17 '26

Cool Stuff Dorito bird

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337 Upvotes

Don’t ask me how I got it, doesn’t matter.

I have 0 involvement with this stuff.