On Monday 05 December 2005 04:19 pm, Buchanan, Stuart wrote: > So, here my ignorance of aerodynamics comes to the fore: Why does ground > effect reduce drag? > I thought it only affected lift?
It does both. It reduces drag by reducing the spanwise airflow, which gives the wing a higher "apparent" aspect ratio, which in turn reduces induced drag. Dave _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
