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Old 30th Nov 2012, 16:15
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.....how does that explain ground effects on final?
Bernoullis' theorem does not explain lift, and never has. He simply stated that the sum of the energies in a gas remains constant.

We therefore derive that the sum of kinetic energy and static pressure energy remains constant.

When we add the equation of mass flow being constant in a tube (area, velocity and density) assuming incompressible flow , we are getting somewhere.

Ground effect simply arises because of a reduction in downwash, which is why low aspect ratio works well in ground effect.
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