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Old April 18th 07, 11:04 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student
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On Apr 17, 5:09 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
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Air does not behave very much like an imcompressible fluid at low air
speeds. Not even close.


That's not what the engineers say.


Maybe only the ones that drives locomotives.


Under some conditions, low air speeds is one of them, air can be
treated like it is an imcompressible fluid.




Obviously air, being a gas, can be compressed, but taking that into account at
low speeds greatly complicates the calculations, and the final result isn't
significantly different.


Duh.


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