While taking King's Pilot School class I was taught that Bernoulli's Principal explains how planes generate lift. But a few months later I saw someone post online who said that it is actually debated whether this is true. I thought it was interesting and have been thinking about it lately. A little research found this article in Scientific American which describes the ongoing debate.

And why do you have to be so rude?

[–] Vinny_93 33 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I get annoyed at clickbait titles.

It's quite obvious Bernouilli's theorem is largely correct, even though it does not cover the entirety of why air behaves like this.

Planes stay in the air because of aerodynamic lift. Planes are designed around this principle and thousands of planes stay in the air because we know this is how it works.

[–] breadsmasher 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

To be clear I have no idea either way.

Is this one of those “we know what the principle is (aerodynamic lift) and how to make it work but we don’t know why it works the way it does?”

edit. ask question. receive downvotes. Hello reddit 2.0.

[–] Vinny_93 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No, we know why. There are just certain peculiarities that cannot be explained by the existing theories.

[–] asdfasdfasdf 10 points 4 months ago

Maybe I'm misunderstanding some nuance here but it sounds like you're saying exactly what the person you replied to said.

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The article is much less about the principle, because even it says it is scientifically true. The focus of the article is "we can't, like, explain it, man!" It's a really long "how do magnets work" piece.

[–] dogsnest 3 points 4 months ago

Lemmy specializes in dogpiling.