You're not stupid Hubert, in much of this thread you have proved yourself way smarter than me, in free air with no zero incidence the more curved surface of a wing will indeed produce lift, this is Bernoulli's principle and Bernoulli is strong enough to kick Newton and his theory of gravity's ass. At worst you are ignorant of the other forces also at work.
Not to be out done Newton came out swinging like brad pit in snatch in the rematch and knocked Bernoulli out cold, Newtons law of motion describes a reactionary force that comes from the angle of attack and it can easily outweigh the lift or downforce generated by Bernoulli's principle speeding up the air on the top surface of the wing, I have flown several model planes with the typical flat bottom round top Clark Y airfoil seen in textbooks, and they all fly OK when upside down, not as good, but they do still fly.
Our boat's tub is not in free air however it is in ground effect, which will not only amplify the forces acting on it but make them act in new ways, if for example the tub (wing) section is not a Clark Y but a NACA 2412 the interaction between the tub and the water will create a venturi, and where the air gets pinched it increases speed, and with the speed increase you get a pressure drop, and that pressure drop can be big enough that you wouldn't even notice the drop on top, Bernoulli's making a comeback baby, but this time he is here to beat himself up like Edward Norton in fight club, If you add fences into the equation it has the effect of making the wing have an infinite aspect ratio, he is now giving his top surfaces a pasting with his own baseball bat.
You've seen the bottom of it to know it is that profile then Hubert? You're one up on me then, got any pics you can share? I am assuming that the tail feathers for there for vertical stability, are a symetrical section and at 0 angle of attack when at running attitude.
Given both Jorg and Arne's driving style of being fairly slow out of the hole and achieving peak acceleration about 100m later, I can't imagine the tail feathers being there primarily for the launch. I am assuming that they are of a symmetrical profile and set to zero angle of attack at running attitude, just being there to lift the tail and level it out should the nose come up, to stop blowovers.
Not to be out done Newton came out swinging like brad pit in snatch in the rematch and knocked Bernoulli out cold, Newtons law of motion describes a reactionary force that comes from the angle of attack and it can easily outweigh the lift or downforce generated by Bernoulli's principle speeding up the air on the top surface of the wing, I have flown several model planes with the typical flat bottom round top Clark Y airfoil seen in textbooks, and they all fly OK when upside down, not as good, but they do still fly.
Our boat's tub is not in free air however it is in ground effect, which will not only amplify the forces acting on it but make them act in new ways, if for example the tub (wing) section is not a Clark Y but a NACA 2412 the interaction between the tub and the water will create a venturi, and where the air gets pinched it increases speed, and with the speed increase you get a pressure drop, and that pressure drop can be big enough that you wouldn't even notice the drop on top, Bernoulli's making a comeback baby, but this time he is here to beat himself up like Edward Norton in fight club, If you add fences into the equation it has the effect of making the wing have an infinite aspect ratio, he is now giving his top surfaces a pasting with his own baseball bat.
You've seen the bottom of it to know it is that profile then Hubert? You're one up on me then, got any pics you can share? I am assuming that the tail feathers for there for vertical stability, are a symetrical section and at 0 angle of attack when at running attitude.
Given both Jorg and Arne's driving style of being fairly slow out of the hole and achieving peak acceleration about 100m later, I can't imagine the tail feathers being there primarily for the launch. I am assuming that they are of a symmetrical profile and set to zero angle of attack at running attitude, just being there to lift the tail and level it out should the nose come up, to stop blowovers.
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