So full disclosure I personally understand Bernoulli’s principle and understand how a wing works due to it.
Here’ is what I need. My 5 year old son loves planes, and loves watching birds fly. As such he is asking questions of how a bird’s wing works vs how an airplane’s wing works. I can’t seem to simplify down Bernoulli’s to the extent that he can understand how a wing works. So I’m coming to you all for advice.
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The easiest way to understand the basic concept of a planes wing is to stick your hand out of a window of a car. Form a “knife hand” as they called it in the corps (flat hand together as much as possible) to simulate a wing. Then change the angle of your hand and feel the wind pressure push your hand upward or downward depending on how you angle it.
It’s not exactly right for a wing, but it’s pretty close since the top of your hand is more rounded than the palm side.
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