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Florian Gailliegue's avatar

That brings me 10-15 years back during my engineering degree. I'll avidly read the rest !

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A. Lewis's avatar

Ooh, looking forward to it. As a kid I learned that the pressure was lower on top of the wing so it generated “lift”. Then I remember hearing “wellllll, it’s not as a simple as that!” and i have heard from many folks who think it is simply explained. I should go read the SciAm article. But I’m also interested in the physics of sailboats. I sail and I’m really confused about the forces at play. Do we also not really understand how sailboats sail upwind?

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