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- From: myrberger@e.kth.se
- Newsgroups: sci.physics
- Subject: Airplanes fly upside-down, how?
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- Date: 27 Jan 93 18:43:32 GMT
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- Hi,
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- my question is simple this: How can an airplane fly upside-down?
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- 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?
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- Johan
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