Distain? -hardly-
Drag is not lift?
Read back a few comments -"lift drag is the vector component of lift etc..
You apparantly think I have no idea how these things operate -
Try this (another of my corn ball examples )
"lift is drag which works to your advantage
"Drag is lift going the wrong direction."
Too obtuse?
Simply a matter of semantics -
My precious foamies as you call them are simply samples of fun airframes which -due to very light efficient powerplants , allow anyone to try parameters broader than that, which is commonly used.
Have you tried them?
It really is fun and informative.
Perhaps you would enjoy conversing with George Hicks.
He knows EngineerSpeak very well and can interpret these silly ideas I have.
Dick,
It seems like disdain when I read your posts, but I have been wrong before.
Yes, drag is not lift. Your new definition is not correct either, and it is inconsistent with your comments in a previous post about drag being beneficial. Drag can certainly be beneficial, but that does not make it lift. Lift and drag have unambiguous definitions, and they just aren't the same thing.
No, not too obtuse, just incorrect. You should look up the definition of the word 'semantics'. Semantics, unlike, for instance, a particular choice of words, always matters.
No, I haven't tried foamies. I think they sound really cool, and I think your description of them is accurate, except when you start to say that the "book theory" doesn't apply to them. I'm sure they are fun, and I know that flying them would be informative.
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