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KBBS Archive 00,000
Re: integral rudder...again
Posted By: Mark Kanzler In Response To: Re: integral rudder...again (Mark Kanzler)
Date: Friday, 28 August 1998, at 11:49 a.m.
> To see this, try this: hold a piece of typing paper by two corners of its
> 8.5 inch edge. Hold it sow that if the paper were rigid it would be in a
> flat, level plane. The edge you are holding should be closest to your
> face, about 1 or 2 inches below your mouth. The paper forms what looks a
> little like an airfoil so that if you blow, a person looking from the side
> will see an aerfoil shape with a flow of air (from your mouth) blowing
> over the top of it. Now blow down onto the top surface of the paper at a
> slight downward (20-30 deg) angle. the paper will rise. Don't blow on the
> bottom, only the top, and blow downward. This is the bernoulli principle.
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