his heavy balls made him fly this low

Posted by Guest on Wed Feb 22 21:04:00 2012

Pants......

....officially caked.

Posted by b00st (guest) on Thu Feb 23 01:00:54 2012

Ground Effect

When a fluid moves over an uneven, solid surface, it forms a layer of turbulence next to surface. This has the effect of making the air about 20 above the ground much thicker than the air higher than that. This is called surface layer turbulence. A plane can hit it and basically bounce off it; as long as the angle of approach is right.

When a plane flies through the air, its wingtips form vortices in the air behind it. When near the ground, these vortices interact with the ground, generating extra lift. This is called ground effect.

Surface layer turbulence combined with ground effect can generate considerable force. This pilot was either highly skilled and pulled off a really difficult maneuver or lucked out and pulled off a miracle.

Posted by Anonymouse (guest) on Fri Feb 24 05:58:29 2012

Nailed it

Posted by Guest on Fri Feb 24 21:19:06 2012

ground effect plays hell with U-2s

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