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kcolford | 3 years ago

What are you talking about?? We completely understand aircraft lift. Bernoulli's principal is a nearly irrelevant footnote that gives a small boost to efficiency.

Aircraft lift is caused by the upward angle of the wings forcing air downwards as the jets move the plane horizontally forwards. This "angle of attack" is usually very small so it's hard to perceive with the naked eye when looking at a commercial aircraft.

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1970-01-01|3 years ago

That's not totally correct. See here:

https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/airplane/wrong2.html

nofunsir|3 years ago

It says it in the article. Lift is created by turning a fluid. Just as a spoon in a faucet, it’s all how you “throw” the fluid in the direction opposite the direction of lift. This is angle of attack.