Is Airflow Distance Over the Top of a Wing Always Longer?
There's a dumb argument I see and hear everywhere that goes "If lift is created by the air over the top of the wing following a longer path than the air below the wing, then inverted flight would have been impossible." I've never understood the logic of this argument, but I've also never tried to explain why the argument is stupid, so here goes. Checkout my "highly controversial" airplane propeller video here: • How Does an Airplane Propeller Work? Support me on Patreon : / letsgoaviate Follow me on Instagram: / lets_go_aviate Images attribution: Piper PA-18-150 Super Cub | RC Plane-author RCModelPlane (https://www.flickr.com/photos/rcmodel...) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) overlaid speech bubble Photograph of a airfoil in a wind tunnel-author unknown, released by Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) cropped, zoom-in + overlaid orange dot SPvortex (Schempp-Hirth Janus C glider)-author Dhaluza (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) no changes Video clips attribution: Centriptal Force: Tennis Ball on a String by North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics ( • Centriptal Force: Tennis Ball on a String ), license CC-BY GIANT!! Spacewalker RC plane - Wings & Wheels 2021 by BRAVO303 ( • GIANT!! Spacewalker RC plane - Wings & Whe... ), license CC-BY Inverted flying with FunCub by Hung Chuan Andre Tay ( • Inverted flying with FunCub ), license CC-BY EF Edge 540 60cc Petrol RC Plane Bickley Model Club by BRAVO303 ( • EF Edge 540 60cc Petrol RC Plane Bickley M... ), license CC-BY Chasing the upside down plane | FPV 4k footage by Kirek_fpv ( • Chasing the upside down plane | FPV 4k foo... ), lincese CC-BY Chapters: 0:00 The Dumb Argument 0:42 Wider Context that MUST BE UNDERSTOOD 2:01 Wing Loading and Angle of Attack 4:05 Principles of an Airplane Flying Upside-down 6:06 How Lift is Created - Let's Put This to Bed 9:42 Myth busted! (and disclaimer)

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