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Ground Effect (Part One)

in Aerodynamics

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It is possible to fly an aircraft just clear of the ground (or water) at a slightly slower airspeed than that required to sustain level flight at higher altitudes. This is the result of a phenomenon better known of than understood even by some experienced pilots. [click to continue…]

Airfoil Design (Part 1)

Aerodynamics
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0savesSave In the sections devoted to Newton’s and Bernoulli‘s discoveries, it has already been discussed in general terms the question of how an airplane wing can sustain flight when the airplane is heavier than air.

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Bernoulli’s Principle of Pressure

Aerodynamics
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0savesSave Daniel Bernoulli explained that the pressure of a moving fluid (liquid or gas) varies with it’s speed.  He said that an increase in the speed of the fluid would create a decrease in pressure.

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