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Originally Posted by Matt13C  Thanks!
If you have any articles you can point me towards that go a bit more into detail that would be excellent. |
At some point in time, I realized that I had been trained on the FAA's view of lift production that contained glaring deficiencies and wanted to learn more. I read everything I could get my hands on over a couple year period. This led to more confusion.
One of the members here referred me to "Flightwise" by Chris Carpenter. He was head of aerodynamics at the Royal Air Force College in the 1980's and his book tackles the principles of flight like none I've found. He goes beyond telling how lift is created and proves it with formulas and data.
After reading this book you'll be able to mathematically prove how it is impossible for the barn door theory of lift to make an airplane fly. You'll also wonder how some of the other books got published!
I don't believe you can find it in the US....you might have to get it from Amazon's international unit.
Some guys here are a good reference also. Some guys will get too convulated...some guys do a good job of getting to the point. But there are some very knowledgeable guys here as well.