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Old January 17th, 2008, 21:45   #10
tgrayson
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Default Re: Ground Effect and Wingspan

Here's an image from a book by Darrol Stinton, I think "Anatomy of an Airplane." His first picture shows the cross section of the stream tube I mentioned. The second shows the stream tube being squashed against the ground.




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