Friday, October 17, 2014

How aerodynamic lift actually works in a wing...

How aerodynamic lift actually works in a wing...  The clearest non-technical, no-math explanation I've ever seen for this phenomenon.  Most people who believe how airplane wings work actually don't – not because they're dummies, but because nearly every textbook and teacher has taught them a fiction.  Usually it's something like what's at right...

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  1. I think the interesting thing is that this is also why a sailboat can tack against the wind. The day I realized that was one of those ohhhhh moments that made a lot of other things suddenly make sense.

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