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Old January 14th 06, 09:51 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Thrusting or Sucking (where's Howard Stern when we need him.)

On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 17:14:46 UTC, T o d d P a t t i s t
wrote:

: The point is that the sum (pressure plus MF) is always the
: same, equal to the lift on the airfoil. The point of the
: original post was that you have to account for *both*
: pressure and momentum flux to figure out the force.

Thanks - that was exactly my point. Peraps I was not terribly clear.

Ian