nick
im dissapointed you gave up without explaning what makes the induced flow reduce although you expained the effect of it on the aircraft verry well. i thought you might say that the velocity increases theorfore pressure decreases so there's no pressure under the wing.
you said
> The effect of the ground as we get closer is to reduce the angle needed by the airfoil.(BUT HOW?) This reduces the induced power (the power that overcomes the drag due to the high angle of attack).
> The change in the air flow field around an object is felt by that field at 1060 feet per second, which is the speed at which pressure is propagated in that air.
> What about the behavior of any aircraft makes you think that the machine pushes on anything, exerts any pressure, to fly? This whole construct is not even true in the simplest little experiment.
im not picking your posts to pieces, im just asking you to explain to me why you think the induced flow is reduced?