"Ken S. Tucker" wrote in news:d80c9cc5-7bb4-48fa-
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On Jan 18, 6:35 am, FledgeIII wrote:
On Jan 18, 7:55 am, "Ken S. Tucker" wrote:



Thanks, I was worried it was a new form of Carbon.
Those C-5's are beautiful on final, almost seem to
hover in a head wind, like a blimp with wings.
Ken

That's because the fuselage is open at the back. This serves to create
air resistance by *suction resistance*, stabilized flight, and keeps
the performance easy.

Care to explain how that works to us, Ken?

I've studied it...
http://www.trak4.com/earco/aerospace.html

It's interesting because even high performance A/C
rely on "suction resistance" when using "speed-
brakes" and to a lesser extent spoilers.
It is also the principle of french "parachutes", how
do you spell that in english?

Splaps



Bertie