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Old 28th Oct 2019, 12:09
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Originally Posted by TURIN
Does this help?

So what you are saying, since the relative wind in relation to a windmilling engine, is that the AoA is actually "inverse", and the lift generated by the windmilling engine, is actually opposite direction of the lift generated by a normal operating engine? So the lift goes towards the rear, hence increasing the drag??

Thinking a bit about it, I can buy that, looking at the example of the gyro copter.
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