The Physics of (Airplane) Flight

Re:The Physics of (Airplane) Flight by bdamm on Monday July 01, 2024 @01:05PM (#40847802)

The Bernoulli effect only contributes to making wings more efficient. It isn’t fundamentally why lift occurs.

You can make almost anything fly if you have enough power and a tail. But how efficient will it be? Not as efficient as an airfoil that takes advantage of all the fluid motion properties.

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Re:The Physics of (Airplane) Flight by dan_hawkins on Monday July 01, 2024 @02:54PM (#40849108)

I think you wanted to respond to the parent comment. My questions have been a lead to debunk myth that the major contributor to the lift is the Bernoulli effect.

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