First Principles Aerospace

Aerospace engineering begins with foundational concepts and equations.

How does a wing generate lift? What makes an aircraft stable? How do spacecraft navigate in orbit, and what causes complex systems to fail?

First Principles Aerospace explores aircraft, spacecraft, propulsion, flight dynamics, control systems, drones, and robotics through physical principles, mathematical models, simulations, experiments, and real engineering case studies.

Created by Alex, an aerospace engineer with two degrees in the field.

Let’s examine why things fly, how we know, and why they sometimes don’t.