Timeline for How can the wing generate more lift than the thrust?
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| May 12 at 10:35 | history | edited | ThatCoolCoder | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
new picture and make it clearer
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| May 12 at 9:47 | comment | added | sophit | @ThatCoolCoder Small corrections: I'd use the following picture (just an example) instead since it better represents how air encircles the airfoil and doesn't just bump into it (something true only at hypersonic speeds). "Now for your second question: If you increase the wingspan, you will increase the lift" I think you wanted to say "Now for your second question: If you increase the wing area, you will increase the lift" | |
| May 12 at 8:37 | comment | added | ThatCoolCoder | @SambhavKhandelwal When the plane is cruising at a constant speed: yes, the engines are only counteracting drag (because drag increases the faster you go, if you leave the engines at a constant power the plane will end up at the perfect speed where drag matches thrust). When the plane is accelerating such as during takeoff, the engines are also working to increase its speed obviously. | |
| May 12 at 8:34 | comment | added | Sambhav Khandelwal | Just needed to confirm one thing though. The engines are just there to counteract drag?(And get off the ground) | |
| May 12 at 8:34 | vote | accept | Sambhav Khandelwal | ||
| May 12 at 8:33 | history | edited | ThatCoolCoder | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
be pedantic about l/d ratios
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| May 12 at 8:27 | history | answered | ThatCoolCoder | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
