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Old October 9th 07, 10:41 PM posted to sci.physics,rec.aviation.piloting
Dudley Henriques[_2_]
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Default Airplane Pilot's As Physicists

Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Mxsmanic wrote in
:

Sam Wormley writes:

The same way that your hand gets pulled upwards if you stick it out
the car window and tilt it. The lift of an airfoil is determined by
two things - the shape of the wing, and it's angle of attack.

Actually, only the angle of attack matters.



Nope, wrong again fjukkwit.


So when the lift from angle of attack in the up direction, exceeds
the lift from the shape of the wing ...

All of the lift comes from the positive angle of attack.



Nope, worng again.


Answered by: Frank DiBonaventuro, B.S., Physics, The Citadel, Air
Force officer

I guess even the Citadel is passing on some bad information.


Nope.


They fly, you don;t.

You never will,.
Nor wil your sockpuppets.

Bertie


Wait a second here; couldn't a sock puppet fly if we used a latex liner
inside, filled it with Helium and tied it at the bottom before we let it
loose???
:-)

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Dudley Henriques