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Doug McLean | Common Misconceptions in Aerodynamics
Michigan Engineering
Retired Boeing Technical Fellow Doug McLean walks through common misconceptions in aerodynamics, drawing on his book Understanding Aerodynamics. He critiques popular explanations of wing lift and rocket thrust and argues for arguing from the real physics.
HN commenters point to it as a credible debunking of the popular but wrong explanations of how wings generate lift.
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