The Laws of Fluid Motion
Show: The Secret of Flight --> Season: 1 - Season 1
AirDate: 1/8/1959
Runtime: 29
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Overview: Dr. Lippisch points out the main problems of flight: lift and drag, control and stability, and propulsion. He explains the correlation between flow velocity, the local pressure, and the distance between streamlines. A picture of a light plane in flight is projected into the wind tunnel so that viewers may have a side view of such a plane and the streamlines around it. He explains velocity distribution and demonstrates how increasing speed diminishes the pressure on a surface and vice versa.