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Old 14th Sep 2010, 17:58
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bearfoil
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Now it can be told. Imagine your hose has a fitting that varies the water spray. It is set on "fan", a wide chord of accelerated water. See It? Now imagine that instead of exiting the nozzle, it is reversed, and entering instead. Each drop makes its way to the inlet and barges in with all its mates. Consider that it (the hose) has a forward velocity, creating a dynamic system. The "Cone" of entering water (air) is larger consistent with the size and setting of the "system". It is not incorrect to say that the entering air creates (potentiates) a very low pressure (energetic) cone for the nozzle, hose and airframe to enter.

Nomenclature is all, unless you have envisioned this new system before, and can enfold it into prior bias of the pilot mind (guilty). For one, the top of the wing lifts the a/c, for another it is the bottom pushing. I hope ChristiaanJ appreciates my hose "chops", I mean it in good humour!

Bear