CHAPTER III – THE LIFT OF STRAIGHT WINGS

Aerodynamic lift is primarily utilized to “lift” airplanes; into the air and to keep them aloft. The device which nature has evolved for this purpose (as in birds) and which man has successfully developed to sizes not avail­able in nature, is “the” wing. Lifting characteristics of various shapes of essentially straight wings are treated in this chapter.

CHAPTER III - THE LIFT OF STRAIGHT WINGS

Figure 1. Vortex pattern behind lifting line (2) and/or wings (3).