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doot | 2 months ago (raw) | export | reply | flag +2 
 studied aerospace engineering for 5 years and i’d still stutter/blab if you asked me to explain lift
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Jackw | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Does the lower pressure above the wing pull it up through ~entropy~???
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doot | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 i’m pretty sure the air just punches the lifting surface upwards tbh
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Jackw | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I think that is the most honest answer
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gokay | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 The plane falls slower than earth bc of the resistance wings create?
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Hiraeth | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 "Why metal bird no fall from sky?"

"It... It just doesn't, OK?!?!?!"
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