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Originally Posted by winkosmosis
BTW, a wing doesn't work through the Bernoulli effect. That's a myth perpetuated by grade school textbooks and even pilot training. The pressure difference between the top and bottom of a wing travelling perpendicular to its plane is very low, if it exists at all. A wing develops lift by being positioned at an angle to the flow.
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Yeah Bernoulli and. . .what is it elapsed time? are the two biggest "myths" about lift.
It seems kind of obvious that its not as the key ingredient to simple lift equations is "angle of attack." Meanwhile shape sits in the Cd position to determine the amount of work absorbed into countering the drag.