Talk:Lift

What makes the air to turn downwards?

In the article, it is discussed that this is due to the shape of the airfoil, but there should also be a better explanation that involves an explanation of the Coandă effect. - Santhosh (talk) 14:39, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

Coanda effect is not the reason why the air gets turned downwards. It's another misconception that prevails and I should have addressed that in the article. However, there is a very negligible amount of Coanda effect in play too. I will address this soon. :) I am currently rewriting the lift part and the associated explanations to reflect this good. Go ahead and improve the contents, I will add my part to it soon. - Karthik (talk) 14:58, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

Oops! I should have described it better. What you are referring to is the misunderstood explanation of streamlines following the airfoil curvature. I'm talking about the enhancement of lift using USB (upper surface blowing) and the Coandă effect that helps generate lift. - Santhosh (talk) 15:13, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

Ah! Good catch! Sorry for the confusion here. :) - Karthik (talk) 15:21, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

A neat clarification of all the semantics of the lift should be added to avoid confusions

Just saw the edit summary! I think we also need to list all the semantics used to explain lift and clarify each. Most textbooks still have incorrect explanations and illustrations, which is enough to confuse the masses. - Santhosh (talk) 16:43, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

Oh yeah! That's one big cluster of misconceptions. I will update this thread with a draft soon. - Karthik (talk) 17:22, 12 November 2016 (UTC)