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Old 6th Feb 2004, 17:10
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SawThe Light
 
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Parasite drag

No, induced drag is a by-product of lift if I recall my studies from all those years ago.

Parasite drag is generally accepted to be caused by those things such as exposed landing gear, antennae, struts etc and all those other protrusions and odds & sods and things that are not involved in the production of lift.

Some form drag is produced by the the wing in the airflow, but the wing is producing lift so we cannot consider that drag to be parasitic. We get form drag off the fuselage but in some cases it is also part of the lift production.

Anyway, I'm going to crack another tinnie now.
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