On 14 Aug 2004 12:40:52 GMT, (JAXAshby) wrote:

If you understand a wing you are 3/4 of the way there.

no, 100%. airfoils don't know whether they are vertical or horizontal.

So?

so, if you undestand a wing you 100% of the way there, not 3/4.


The keel must be taken into consideration when sailing upwind.
Airplanes move in one medium, sailboats move in two.

Jack

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