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Old February 23rd 06, 03:59 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.homebuilt,rec.aviation.student
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Default lift, wings, and Bernuolli

If a (compressible) fluid flows from a fat tube into a thin tube and
back into a fat tube, it is being "squeezed into a smaller area" when
it's in the thin tube.

The Bernoulli equation only applies to *incompressible* flow.

This is required by the way the trailing edge of the wing is angled.


What about reflexed airfoils?