Comment Comment by fransje26 > The turning of the gas is absolutely what causes lift.No. What causes lift is the differential in pressure between the top and the bottom surface of the wing. The rest is broadly speaking a side effect.If the turning of the gas was the necessary mechanism for lift, planes in supersonic flight would fall out of the sky.Instead of relying on an airfoil shape for lift, you could fly by sucking air from the top of your wing and dumping out the back of your plane. parent fransje26 2 years ago
No. What causes lift is the differential in pressure between the top and the bottom surface of the wing. The rest is broadly speaking a side effect.
If the turning of the gas was the necessary mechanism for lift, planes in supersonic flight would fall out of the sky.
Instead of relying on an airfoil shape for lift, you could fly by sucking air from the top of your wing and dumping out the back of your plane.