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Re: [Phys-l] unusual areodynamics

Not sure that concrete would be the best material for the fuselage :-)
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At 9:01 PM -0600 12/13/11, brian whatcott wrote:
On 12/13/2011 4:47 PM, John Denker wrote:
On 12/13/2011 01:00 PM, Josh Gates wrote:

... so the lift generated by the fuselage is
substantially greater than the lift generated by the tail?
Yes, very "substantially" so ... typically more than
infinitely so, since the lift from the tail is likely
to be negative.

This means the fuselage lift is *greater* than 100%
of the weight.

/nitpick on/
Hmmmm .Making concrete....say the fuselage weighs 10, and the
fuselage lift = 11,
while the tail lift = -1

Is 11 greater than -1?
Why yes, the increment is: 11 - (-1) = 12.
Substantially greater, you would say, but not infinitely?

/nitpick off/

Brian W
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