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Old 29th Jul 2017, 14:16
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Originally Posted by momo95
But doesn't the wing basically get 'sucked' into the area of lower pressure which is created by accelerating the air over the cambered side?

How would the flat side be the side of lift when it would still be the side of higher pressure even if inverted ?
The accelerated, lower pressure isn't on the cambered side. That's a common misconception from overly simplistic teaching. It's on whichever side is turned away from the airflow due to AOA.

You need let go of camber as being some fundamental bedrock of lift production, because it isn't. A sheet of plywood will make lift and serve fine as a wing. Camber just makes it slightly more efficient.
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