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Old 09-29-2008, 12:49 PM
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Default RE: Why do people say the top of the wing causes the plane to fly?
The lift to drag ratio would be constant for any airfoil if the lift would be the ramaining force.
I'm sorry I don't understand why that would be. How does the statement "lift is the remaining force" imply that the lift to drag ratio is constant?

I'm not trying to be difficult, I literally don't know.

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