The skipping stone theory is obviously flawed, as it does not take into account the flow over the upper surface. Neither does the equal transit time theory work, as it does not explain
symettrical aerofoils.
I'm not saying ditch Bernouillis'Theorem, as it does work, and can be used to predict the lift generated by an aerofoil. I just find it a bit strange that the Newtonian explanation has not found its way into the piliots curriculum, at least it hadn't when I last saw a copy of the ATPL syllabus. Bernouillis' Theorem is taught as the only explanation of lift, when it is, in fact, exactly as its name suggests, a theory.
As I said in my first post, and genghis concurred,no-one is really sure what the correct explanation for lift is, they just have models that (usually)work. I think pilots should be taught this.
Last edited by CaptainCargo; 12th May 2002 at 18:11.