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Alan Baker wrote:
Because the push is caused by the impact of countless air molecules with the surface of wing. If those collisions fall to zero (i.e. in a perfect vacuum) then there is zero push. I don't see what a change in air density (such as taking the extreme case of a vacuum) has to do with lift. Unless you are claiming density change as a requirement? I believe lift can be reasonably computed using inviscid _incompressible_ flow theory (e.g. as far back as Kutta's 1902 dissertation,) so I don't see why any change in _density_ - much less the vacuum edge case - needs to be invoked. |
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