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Old 2nd November 2009 | 12:35
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BOAC
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D - I think you have left out the effect of vortex lift? If you are straying into Concorde/FD2/HP17 territory then is it not established that a very large part of the lift generation on very low aspect ratio wings is from vortex rather than 'classical' aerodynamics? I was always taught that it was vortex lift which continued flow attachment and 'lift' well past normal angles.
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