What Keeps Airplanes Up? – Christmas Lectures with Leonard Maunder

How do airplane wings generate lift?
Watch the full fifth lecture of the series: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1983/machines-in-motion/under-control?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description

Leonard Maunder gave the 1983 Christmas Lectures “Machines in Motion” about motion on all scales – from atoms to locomotives to spaceships.

In his fifth lecture, Leonard looks at how fluid dynamics are harnessed to set machines in motion.

Watch the full series: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1983/machines-in-motion?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description

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