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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

It's not pressure under the wings, it's fucking Bernoulli sucking on top of them.

(So, yes, sure, it is gay, but it's not fake.)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

Actually, I studied aviation in university. It's literally just magic.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

But then how can they fly upside down?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

A fighter jet is basically a fancy dart, and darts dgaf about gravity

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 hours ago

Flaps. (As in, the hinged bits at the back edge of the wings, that essentially change the shape of the wing as required, not by flapping the wings; that'd be an ornithopter, as in Dune, not a plane.)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 15 hours ago

Because air doesn't give a fuck about gravity

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 day ago (1 children)

When you nut, but Bernoulli keep sucking...

"goofy plane"

[–] [email protected] 9 points 16 hours ago

I'm 100% convinced this was never a battle of airframes and manufacturers and simply was down to: "No, sir/ma'am, I will not fly the derpy plane into combat. Can't do it. YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THE REST OF THE PILOTS WILL LAUGH AT ME"