Recent content by physical n00b

Thanks for your time, I'm afraid I am one of those people who is constantly looking for cause and effect haha. Gonna have to knuckle down and read up on more theory. Take care

Thanks again bonehead, really appreciate the help. I've had a quick look over the Navier–Stokes equations, it will take me a while to understand these (maybe forever) but they are exactly what I was looking for. :) The stagnation makes sense to me, and that the downward deflection of air...

yeah, my problem is understanding why the air moves faster over the top than the bottom. I understand its often better to just accept that this is simply 'how it is', but I would much rather nail down my understanding of this subject. consider this as an example, a model aircraft is traveling...

Cheers mate its abit price though! Just found this one http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?index=books&linkCode=qs&keywords=9780273773511&tag= Which is the updated edition of the one I had been reading! :) Just a quick question concerning the Bernoulli Principle if you don't mind. I know that...

Thanks man, the PF thread was great!

Thanks I noticed my mistake on the pressures (oops). I think I understand what you mean here with the no net gain. I'm fairly new to engineering but flight really does fascinate me, I have been reading quite an outdated book on the mechanics of flight which was written in the 70's at some...

Apologies if this is incredibly stupid/already been asked.

Hello, I'm new here, but I have some questions which i'd like to ask. I had this idea about corrugated wings to increase the wing surface area (thus increasing lift), but quickly realized that this would also increase the wings drag as it would have a larger cross section breaking through...