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Old 21st April 2003 | 17:56
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flying jocks
 
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The coanda effect is the explanation offered in Microsoft encarta encyclopedia. Allegedly, they get their information from the boeing company.

Every other reference, school or flying club will tell you that bernoulli's theory is the principle for lift.

Unless you are an aircraft engineer designing a new type of wing, does it really matter? Years of classroom teaching supporting the latter method has produced perfectly good pilots. Any other theories might just confuse bloggs at this early stage.
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