Airplane characteristics; a systematic introduction for flyer and student and for all who are interested in aviation (1918)
Bedell, Frederick, b. 1868- · Ithaca, N. Y., Taylor and Company · leaf 26
sirable to have thewing-resistance small, necessitating small thrust and smallpower, and to have the lift large so that the machine cansustain not only itself but some load in addition. But it isimpossible to have the lift without the wing-resistance, andthe wing-resistance has aptly been described… … Fig. 5. Flow of air past oblique plane, showing tturbulent region back of entering edge and the downward deflection of air after leaving the plane. This information cannot well be derived theoretically onaccount of the complexity of the problem,—due in part to theeddy currents in the tturbulent…
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