Airfoil – Bartosz Ciechanowski

Interactive article explaining the physics of an airfoil and what makes airplanes fly

Airfoil – Bartosz Ciechanowski Bartosz Ciechanowski Blog Archives Patreon X / Twitter Instagram e-mail RSS February 27, 2024 Airfoil The dream of soaring in the sky like a bird has captivated the human mind for ages . Although many failed, some eventually succeeded in achieving that goal. These days we take air transportation for granted, but the physics of flight can still be puzzling. In this article we'll investigate what makes airplanes fly by looking at the forces generated by the flow of air around the aircraft's wings. More specifically, we'll focus on the cross section of those wings t

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