Differing Lift Theories

So what’s a study of aerodynamics without starting out with how lift works? You would think this would be fairly simple and easy, considering how fundamental it is, but there’s a lot of different explanations out there that aren’t even compatible with each other. Although apparently, among people who actually know what they’re talking about, […]

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100% Camber?

Just a fun little thought experiment I got distracted by the other day… What would a wing with 100% (max) camber look like? Think about it a minute. I thought at first that if 0% curve is a straight line, would 100% curve not be a circle? But it turns out I don’t actually know […]

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