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likingthistoomuch:benedictervention:rotg-lovah:ceruleanlunacy:freebatchisthenewjohnlock:projectwk:snarkay:science.i think my brain just explodedscience side of tumblr, please explainAir on bottom go woosh. Air on top go woosh. Air on front go woosh. Little plane stay still.Thanks science side of tumblrARTHUR: I wanted to ask you something, Skipper. Mum was telling me this morning that planes fly because they’ve got wings.DOUGLAS: Is there anything that woman doesn’t know?ARTHUR: But she didn’t really explain – why do wings lift us up?DOUGLAS: Ah, well. Essentially …MARTIN: Uh, Douglas, he asked me. Listen carefully, Arthur. The wing is curved on top but flat on the bottom. When it meets the air, it splits it in two. The air that goes over the top has further to go, so it has to go faster to keep up with the air underneath. That reduces the pressure above the wing, giving us lift.ARTHUR: Ah, fantastic! Thanks, Skipper! I totally get it now.MARTIN: You’re welcome.ARTHUR: Except … why does it have to?MARTIN: Why does what what?ARTHUR: Why does the air on the top have to keep up with the air on the bottom? Why don’t they just split up?….DOUGLAS: … For the sake of the kids?It just got better…. -- source link
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