X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com X-SpamCatcher-Score: 30 [X] Return-Path: Sender: To: lml Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 18:59:12 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mail8.tpgi.com.au ([203.12.160.46] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.5) with ESMTPS id 1805107 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 01 Feb 2007 16:57:26 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=203.12.160.46; envelope-from=domcrain@tpg.com.au X-TPG-Antivirus: Passed Received: from CRAIN (60-241-193-89.static.tpgi.com.au [60.241.193.89]) by mail8.tpgi.com.au (envelope-from domcrain@tpg.com.au) (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l11Lu6bb007339 for ; Fri, 2 Feb 2007 08:56:12 +1100 From: "Dominic V Crain" X-Original-To: "'Lancair Mailing List'" Subject: RE: [LML] Wing positive pressure X-Original-Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 08:55:58 +1100 X-Original-Message-ID: <003501c7464b$c3a6f9a0$0202a8c0@CRAIN> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0036_01C746A7.F71C2C90" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6822 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 In-Reply-To: thread-index: AcdGMnip0dplipJpTDSxG9C8xq8mVwAGAdYg Importance: Normal This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0036_01C746A7.F71C2C90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable That's right, Ladies and germs, "lift on a hollow wing is due to the air inside pushing up on the top skin and pushing down on the bottom skin", = but the top skin wins, hopefully! =20 Er - Ar - forgive me - but! If you have a completely evacuated tube with evacuated wings - I reckon it will still fly. Nothin' to do with what's inside the wing. Or the tube. In fact, I've flown with quite a few = evacuated heads sitting next to me. Some of my old captains probably thought the = same about me. Still got off the ground. This was a test -right? Did I pass? Back to Woody. =20 Cheers =20 Dom =20 VH-CZJ =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0036_01C746A7.F71C2C90 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

That's = right, Ladies and germs, “lift on a hollow wing is due to the air = inside pushing = up on the top skin and pushing down on the bottom skin”, but the top skin = wins, hopefully!

 

Er – Ar – forgive me = – but! If you have a completely evacuated tube with evacuated wings = – I reckon it will still fly. Nothin’ to do with what’s inside the = wing. Or the tube. In fact, I’ve flown with quite a few evacuated heads = sitting next to me. Some of my old captains probably thought the same about me. = Still got off the ground. This was a test –right?

Did I pass?

Back to Woody.

 

Cheers

 

Dom

 

VH-CZJ

 

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