I flew for the first time on a plane last week and I’ve seen planes take off at the airport. It looks crazy. But being on one is totally different like holy shit. The thing just FLIES. It just… Soars… Through the sky! Like whoa man. Wtf… It’s crazy. With how much these things weigh, it’s insane to me the thing can just go up and bam, there we are, we’re flying now. Like wow… Dude crazy.
Keep this handy for this situation… https://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/k-12/VirtualAero/BottleRocket/airplane/wrong1.html
See #3. Wings are not constrictions in a tube.
From your source:
{The upper flow is faster and from Bernoulli’s equation the pressure is lower. The difference in pressure across the airfoil produces the lift.} As we have seen in Experiment #1, this part of the theory is correct.
Sure, it might be more complicated and there are other forces at play. Also, top and bottom air molecules may not reach the backside of an airfoil at the exact same time, but that doesn’t diminish the effects of this pressure differential on lifting force.
Bernoulli’s principle is certainly involved, but the full explanation is more complicated and arguably beyond high school level:
Although the two simple Bernoulli-based explanations above are incorrect, there is nothing incorrect about Bernoulli’s principle or the fact that the air goes faster on the top of the wing, and Bernoulli’s principle can be used correctly as part of a more complicated explanation of lift.
It’s mostly thanks to the Wright brothers too, damn, that’s impressive beyond words.
Okay, now let’s discuss flat earthers and the price for a moon ticket. We don’t need to include the space suite.
Its all in those powerful engines
Not really. The thrust those engines produce is only about 1/3 the weight of the aircraft. It’s in part thanks to the engines for sure though.
You make it sound like 1/3 is a small number. That’s enough to accelerate the plane quickly and the speed is what generates lift.
I just meant that thrust is only 1/3rd the equation. The rest is the wings that convert thrust into lift at 3 to 1 ratio. And then there is all the systems that keep it controllable and safe etc… it’s a miracle machine really…
Uh huh. Did you start to believe the earth is round while you were up there too?
