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Old 26th Dec 2008, 03:19
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About 75% of the lift is due to upwash/downwash. Look underneath a helicopter. The grass will be blown flat, only possible due to the wind going down underneath the wing/rotor. Action going down is reaction going up of the rotor itself. Same with a paper airplane which has no airfoil, and same with an aircraft flying on its side.
25% rest is Bernouilli.
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