Whenever I see an explanation about how airplanes can fly, I see that the shape of the wing is different on the top side to create a dragging force that pushes the airplane up. The top is curved and the bottom is flat. If a airplane turn upside down, should it fall faster because it’s dragging down ? I saw airplanes doing acrobatics on air , and some of them looks impossible because of this.
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Most explanations of aerodynamic lift vastly overstate the effect of Bernoulli’s Principle, leading to your confusion. Wings generate most of their lift by pushing air down, not by pressure differentials.
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