Airplane Pilot's As Physicists

On Oct 9, 6:15 pm, Ray Vickson wrote:
On Oct 9, 1:22 pm, Randy Poe wrote:

On Oct 9, 4:08 pm, Le Chaud Lapin wrote:

Hi All,

There is a long discussion ongoing in rec.aviation.piloting about what
causes lift on a plane.

Heh. I know the argument. I think it's broken out here (sci.physics)
many times.

(a) It's the Bernoulli effect due to the shape of the
wing cross-section, the way we were all taught as kids.

(b) No, it's just the angle of attack.

Probably true, in large part anyway. Just consider that aerobatics
pilots can fly their planes upside-down over considerable distances.
If Bernoulli were the sole factor this couldn't happen.

Hmm..more reasoning going on in sci.physics.

R.G. Vickson

I am beginning to think I should have posted my OP in
rec.aviation.piloting to sci.physics.

Very comforting to see people focusing on physics to guide their
arguments.

-Le Chaud Lapin-