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Do recent explanations solve the mysteries of aerodynamic lift? (www.scientificamerican.com)

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[–] breadsmasher 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 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 7 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] asdfasdfasdf 10 points 7 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 7 months ago* (last edited 7 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 7 months ago

Lemmy specializes in dogpiling.