Subject: Re: [baidarka] Aspect ratio of apples and oranges
From: Andrew Lukban (lukbaa15@bmec.hscbklyn.edu)
Date: Fri Jun 22 2001 - 12:16:35 EDT
Joe Street wrote:
>
> In all these discussions about aeroplane wings (and I am also an aviator
> so I know a bit about this) we have lost sight of a simple fact. On the
> water we do not sweep our paddles through the water in the same way the
> wing of a plane cuts through the air!
I was kinda waiting for someone to bring that up... I don't
think we actually apply the Bernouli priciple here.
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