Reply to post: Re: Less drag, not more lift

Boeing's X-Wing 737 makes first flight

SkippyBing

Re: Less drag, not more lift

'Given that lift force is proportional to the volume of low pressure air above the wing'

Not according to NASA oddly enough https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/airplane/right2.html

Also the maths doesn’t work out if you calculate the force the pressure drop would produce.

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