[amsat-bb] Re: Batman est vivant

[Gregg Wonderly]

George Henry wrote:
> Not to encourage Luc's off-meds/off-topic postings, but is this for real? 
> Those wings don't quite look like they have sufficient surface area to 
> support 200 pounds or so of man & jet engine.......

It's all about speed...  Force is a factor of area and velocity.  That wing is 
not a lifting airfoil.  It is a fully symetrical surface.  At those kinds of 
speed, the atmosphere is nothing but a fluid.  If you change the orientation of 
the wing, it causes a nearly instanteous change in direction parallel to the 
chord of the wing.

Gregg Wonderly
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