Airplane Pilot's As Physicists

Le Chaud Lapin wrote in
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On Oct 16, 3:47 am, "Androcles" wrote:
"Le Chaud Lapin" wrote in
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: On Oct 15, 7:54 pm, "Androcles" wrote:
: "Le Chaud Lapin" wrote in
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: : On Oct 15, 6:42 pm, "Gatt" wrote:
: : "Le Chaud Lapin" wrote in
: messagenews:1192488325.423647.30120
@i38g2000prf.googlegroups.com..
: .
: :
: : I read last night in another piloting book, again, that the
: : common
: belief
: : about the dynamics of airfoils is wrong,
: :
: : Yeah? Which one?
: :
: : I'd have to go back to bookstore to find the name.
:
: AHAHAHAHAHAHA!
: Or back to sleep to dream again...
:
: Barry Schiff, in "The Proficient Pilot", "An AOPA Book", writes on
: page 2:
:
: "There is, for example, this amusing fable: "Air flowing above the
: wing has a greater distance to travel (because of camber) than air
: flowing beneath the wing. Therefore, air above the wing must travel
: faster so as to arrive at the wing's trailing edge at the same time
: as air flowing underneath. This is pure nonsense."

Since it is true Schiff must be a raving lunatic. Maybe you don't
understand that travelling the greater path in the same time involves
a greater speed.

Perhaps you could explain in detail what you mean by this last
statement. I am sure that there are plenty of people here would would
like, for once, that a pilot explains what s/he means by this.



What's it matter? Yo'll never be a pilot. Any math that wil enable you
to dial up for home delivered pizza and escargot should suffice. #



Bertie