• leftzero@lemmynsfw.com
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    21 hours ago

    It’s not pressure under the wings, it’s fucking Bernoulli sucking on top of them.

    (So, yes, sure, it is gay, but it’s not fake.)

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        4 hours ago

        Flaps. (As in, the hinged bits at the back edge of the wings, that essentially change the shape of the wing as required, not by flapping the wings; that’d be an ornithopter, as in Dune, not a plane.)

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        12 hours ago

        I’m 100% convinced this was never a battle of airframes and manufacturers and simply was down to: “No, sir/ma’am, I will not fly the derpy plane into combat. Can’t do it. YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND THE REST OF THE PILOTS WILL LAUGH AT ME”