10 questions linked to/from What is ground effect?
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### How come the ground effect has such a different outcome for wings and cars?

I have some confusion concerning the ground effect. If we take two applications: Aircraft and Cars, they seem to have completely opposite effects. Aircraft From Ground effect (aerodynamics), we can ...
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### What is formula for induced drag in stalling regime?

I'm wondering what is the formula for induced drag in a stalled regime, i.e. in a regime where the $C_L$ (coef. of. lift) has started to decrease but is still nonzero. I've a feeling that the ...
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### How does an aircraft form wake turbulence?

This question discusses how wake turbulence can affect planes flying in formation. It got me wondering, how do aircraft (the wings in particular) form wake turbulence to begin with? It can't be as ...
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### Can a helicopter operate continuously in a small, enclosed, sealed environment?

Many years ago I had an interesting discussion with a friend (while drinking). We were discussing what would happen if a helicopter was placed into a sphere of some size (slightly larger than the ...
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### Why do airfoil's trailing edges point downward?

The trailing edge of and airfoil is mostly pointing downward. Is there any reason for that? Down wash increases drag and down wash is due to the direction of air pointing down. If the trailing edge is ...
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### What is the method to calculate a finite wing's lift from its sectional airfoil shape?

I am struggling to get my head around a concept that I believe should be fairly simple to understand. Lift versus drag and AoA data of many airfoils are freely available, for instance the NACA 4-...
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### Why there is no wake turbulence right after touch down or before rotation?

It is said that wake turbulence occurs when an aircraft generates lift and there is no wake turbulence after touch down or before take off. That's how we avoid wake turbulence. However, I've thought ...
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### The stronger the headwind the faster the plane flies if it is in the reverse command regime?

Revision 3. Clarifications, as required by moderators, added. The main reason for asking the question provided. Regarding the reverse command regime of a plane Assuming a plane hovers (ground speed \$...