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It sucks, but which way?
Hi,
Just to throw in a little humor here as the 'lift' thread heats up: Assume you're gliding in a Piper Warrior or Archer doing 80 knots in no wind conditions with the engine at idle. If you try open that little air vent on the pilot's left, it is forcibly sucked outwards. Makes sense until you think that the air outside is standing still while the air inside is doing 100 knots and should therefore have a lower pressure! Hilton |
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"Hilton" wrote in message k.net... Hi, Just to throw in a little humor here as the 'lift' thread heats up: Assume you're gliding in a Piper Warrior or Archer doing 80 knots in no wind conditions with the engine at idle. If you try open that little air vent on the pilot's left, it is forcibly sucked outwards. Makes sense until you think that the air outside is standing still while the air inside is doing 100 knots and should therefore have a lower pressure! Hilton -----------------------------------reply------------------------------------------------ Hilton, You have asked one of the easier questions related to pressure....it's the dreaded merconian effect. Gotta go fly, Stephen |
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"Hilton" wrote: Just to throw in a little humor here as the 'lift' thread heats up: Assume you're gliding in a Piper Warrior or Archer doing 80 knots in no wind conditions with the engine at idle. If you try open that little air vent on the pilot's left, it is forcibly sucked outwards. Makes sense until you think that the air outside is standing still while the air inside is doing 100 knots and should therefore have a lower pressure! And if the pilot's pencil fell out of the visor, I guess they should be slammed against the back of the cabin at 100 knots, right? -- Dan C172RG at BFM |
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If that was true....all engines with a carb would be falling out of the
sky and to the side of the road right now...... |
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Aren't they? Every carburetor-equipped aircraft I ever saw came down
eventually. -- Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways) wrote in message oups.com... If that was true....all engines with a carb would be falling out of the sky and to the side of the road right now...... |
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