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Old January 9th 06, 12:21 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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http://www.hsa.lr.tudelft.nl/~frits/fig8.jpg

Highly dependant of angle of attack (incidence?), but during cruise (5
degrees) typically only a fraction of the force is generated by the
lower side of the airfoil.