Airplane Pilot's As Physicists
Mxsmanic wrote in
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Gatt writes:
The day the physics guys were passing out good wing designs, the
aerospace designers were all out drinking beer, which is why every
airplane since the Wright flyer has camber when they could have just
used flat plywood.
Some wings do not have camber.
Name one, aside from a chuck glider.
(and good chuck gliders have camber, BTW, fjukkwit
Anyway, the purpose of the curve is to
reduce drag and increase the stall angle, not to produce lift.
Nope.
Bertie
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