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- From: taylors@hubcap.clemson.edu (C. Taylor Sutherland III)
- Newsgroups: sci.physics
- Subject: Re: Airplanes fly upside-down, how?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.215554.4759@hubcap.clemson.edu>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 21:55:54 GMT
- References: <1993Jan27.184332.1844@kth.se>
- Organization: Clemson University
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- myrberger@e.kth.se () writes:
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- >Hi,
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- >my question is simple this: How can an airplane fly upside-down?
-
- >The normal explanation for how airplanes fly is (simplified perhaps):
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- >The wing is formed so the air have a longer way to go on the top,
- >therefore the air moves faster and an upward force is a fact.
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- >But when an airplane flies upside-down, a downward force should appear? Right?
-
- Right, but then you increase the angle of attack (nose the plane over from
- the pilots perspective) and you then have a longer path for hte air to follow
- on top of the wing than on the bottom (you also have a kite effect) and
- POOF...Lift.
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