How much would it be worth if I could build a working display to prove all the aerodynamisists have it all wrong of how an aircraft wing works?
How much would it be worth if I could build a working display to prove all the aerodynamisists have it all wrong of how an aircraft wing works?
I'm sorry, are you suggesting that you have somehow gleaned a new and revolutionary understanding of aerodynamic lift that mathematicians and physicists have somehow missed?All the theory's are very lacking. I wish birds could talk and explain, yeah some of them talk, but its just mimicking.
Some theory's think the wing acts like a vacuum cleaner to suck the plane up, sorry that would rip all the old fabric plane wings to shreds, and rip the rivets out of the all metal wings, and bird feathers would be standing on end.
Other theory's say the wing is being a propeller of sorts blowing the wind down (hmmm like the post just above this one), if that is the case then make the wing as thin as a propeller blade or a helicopter blade.
I like how all the videos on the subject basically show nothing important.
What I like is the over use of exotic math to explain something so simple. No wonder most of the best inventors never had a so called higher education.
Simply put "Lift is a reaction force experienced by the airfoil due to its
turning of the flow downwards." Krzysztof
Fidkowski's video is my favorite for it explains intuitively how a wing works
(Flow Turning) and it also debunks the popular theories like...
Equal transit time theory
Particle Kinetics theory
Venturi theory
For all of my life, there have been repeated similar claims. The claims that there is a general lack of understanding, knowledge or even that engineers fail to grasp the fundamentals. I speculate this is because information is sometimes a guarded secret, and that sometimes it's just too much information to present.Hilarious. Yes, we have no idea how wings work.
There is nothing simple about an ornithopter whatsoever. If you think it's simple then it's because you don't understand it.All the theory's are very lacking. I wish birds could talk and explain, yeah some of them talk, but its just mimicking.
Some theory's think the wing acts like a vacuum cleaner to suck the plane up, sorry that would rip all the old fabric plane wings to shreds, and rip the rivets out of the all metal wings, and bird feathers would be standing on end.
Other theory's say the wing is being a propeller of sorts blowing the wind down (hmmm like the post just above this one), if that is the case then make the wing as thin as a propeller blade or a helicopter blade.
I like how all the videos on the subject basically show nothing important.
What I like is the over use of exotic math to explain something so simple. No wonder most of the best inventors never had a so called higher education.
This is what pilots are taughtAll the theory's are very lacking. I wish birds could talk and explain, yeah some of them talk, but its just mimicking.
Some theory's think the wing acts like a vacuum cleaner to suck the plane up, sorry that would rip all the old fabric plane wings to shreds, and rip the rivets out of the all metal wings, and bird feathers would be standing on end.
Other theory's say the wing is being a propeller of sorts blowing the wind down (hmmm like the post just above this one), if that is the case then make the wing as thin as a propeller blade or a helicopter blade.
I like how all the videos on the subject basically show nothing important.
What I like is the over use of exotic math to explain something so simple. No wonder most of the best inventors never had a so called higher education.
Simply put "Lift is a reaction force experienced by the airfoil due to its
turning of the flow downwards." Krzysztof
Fidkowski's video is my favorite for it explains intuitively how a wing works
(Flow Turning) and it also debunks the popular theories like...
Equal transit time theory
Particle Kinetics theory
Venturi theory
An object moves in the direction of applied force. If the pressure above the wing is less than the pressure below, then there is upward force on the wing.I've watched explanations of this on aviation shows, where they indicate that the wing shape produces 'low pressure' above the wing, causing lift. Always thought that sounded kind of backward.
You're welcome...Will watch the video tonight, but thanks for that...
I came to the conclusion long ago that the way that I was lectured in Air Training Corps was wrong...when I asked about biplanes and triplanes, they looked at me blankly...
And you sir are the winner.From a laymen's point of view, I always thought lift was a result of the wing being canted slightly downward from front to rear, producing aerodynamic drag in such a way that the passing air strikes the underside of the wing, pushing it upward.
I've watched explanations of this on aviation shows, where they indicate that the wing shape produces 'low pressure' above the wing, causing lift. Always thought that sounded kind of backward. Never thought of a wing being pulled upward instead of being pushed. I had a lot of time to sit and think about it flying at 30,000 feet for a living, but never thought to ask a pilot how he was taught that it works.