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How does a hovercraft work ? | Design & Application

Human started with just wheels for travelling & transportation purposes at first. Then came bikes, cars & trains which could be driven on land. The next difficulty was to overcome the vast...

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How do missiles work? | Targeting, Guidance & Propulsion

Missiles – pretty cool uhh.. but what makes them so cool? Well, the best thing is you could launch a weapon thousands of miles away. This leaves no reason why the military of every nation won’t keenly...

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How helicopters work, fly & turn (Animation) ?

Very few are lucky enough to take a ride in a Chopper & I am happy to be one of them! Anyway, helicopters are indeed one of the most interesting machines from which I know so far. Subjects like...

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Autopilots | How do they work ?

8 out of 10 people still think that Autopilots are a computer system which are capable of driving the vehicles on their own ! Well that is completely wrong ! Rather than just correcting them, let us...

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How car clutches work ? | Parts and Types of Clutch!

When I was a kid, I always used to think, is there a need of clutch ? what does it do exactly ? & as a kid I was able to imagine the working of brakes & how does the speed increase but I was...

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How do electric cars work ? | Tesla cars

Why are electric cars such a big deal ? Are they really better than today’s gasoline powered ones? Well, we’ll see. Electric vehicles or EVs are getting popular day by day. Most of them know about...

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How do hydrofoils work? | Advantages & Disadvantages

Today, I bring you yet another special vehicle apart from the other common ones. Well, we are talking about Hydrofoils. A very simple and elegant solution to the problems current marine vessels are...

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