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Old 26th December 2005 | 20:18
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barit1
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The net force vector on any wing is up and aft (assuming positive lift...) It makes no difference super- or subsonic.

That net vector is resolved into two perpendicular components: One parallel to the incoming airflow, and one at right angle to that. The first is called the drag vector, the second is lift.

Again, these are the vector components regardless of Mn.
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