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Old October 3rd 07, 07:37 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Bertie the Bunyip[_19_]
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Default Backwash Causes Lift?

Mxsmanic wrote in
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Le Chaud Lapin writes:

However, that mess will be less than
static pressure, and there will still be compression beneath the
wing. So if thrust is great enough, airplane should be able to do
whatever it wants.


Pressure beneath the wing is not what lifts the aircraft. It's the
twisting acceleration of air above the wing downward that results in
lift.


No, it isn't, fjukkktard.

Unless the rules of physics have changed.


Bertie