The physics of lift and wings

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Re: The physics of lift and wings

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AKar wrote:
As said, intuition first! :) Then it is up to us to decide how far to carry on, if we find a hobby in that. When flying, I find little time to think about all the engineering and physics anyways, so it is mostly about stick & rudder and basic flying - given by lessons of a good instructor...hopefully!

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Reading this discussion I asked myself why Newton thought so much about why apples fall and so little about why birds don't.
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bullfox wrote:Reading this discussion I asked myself why Newton thought so much about why apples fall and so little about why birds don't.
Birds can fall just like an apple. They just own a means of preventing it. LOL

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Re: The physics of lift and wings

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More fuel on the flame of the lovely topic of lift:

Our beloved Rod Machado chimes in:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naIQ4GTQLu4
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