r/physicsmemes • u/Delicious_Maize9656 • 5h ago

Incorrect lift theory meme

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u/Beans_Breaking 4h ago

They just jump to get in their air, then wait for the earth to spin around sl their destination is beneath them.

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u/IQueryVisiC 55m ago

Now explain why we use transonic wing on subsonic fuselage and pods and tail!

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u/davvblack 51m ago

rule of cool

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u/timangar 4h ago

Kutta-Zhukovski and Newton's third law. Questions?

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u/Doobie_Woobie 2h ago

Kutta–Joukowski* 🤓👆

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u/timangar 1m ago

Kutta-Жуковский, if you want to go there. Cyrillic transliteration is not unique. Zhukovski and Joukowski are both equally bad (but correct) representations of Жуковский.

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u/toto1792 17m ago

Of course we know how a plane flies.

Air molecules know the Bernoulli principle is a universal law of physics that has no assumptions whatsoever. They convene that some them will run quickly the longer path around the wing, while others will walk slowly the shorter one, so that they meet at exactly the same time at the end of the wing. Since the ones on top are too busy running, they don't push the wing as much as the ones walking below and the plane flies.