Re: Archie a non-flyer? (was:Re: origin of bats/reply 2 to TMK)

[jrc <jrccea@bellsouth.net>]

comments inserted below
JimC
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Habib" <habib@jhmi.edu>
To: <rmtakata@gmail.com>
Cc: "jrc" <jrccea@bellsouth.net>; <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 1:08 PM
Subject: Re: Archie a non-flyer? (was:Re: origin of bats/reply 2 to TMK)


> > > but Bernoulli works if you want to put the effort into it.
> >
> > Not to create the most of the lift (perhaps in some special 
> > circumstances).

I don't know who said this (other than I can tell that Mike didn't), but 
whoever it was, I suggest that you might wish to brush up on how Bernoulli 
actually works and how it should be applied.  It describes the full 
steady-state lift when appropriately applied (it is usually misunderstood 
and inappropriately applied by the lay population).  With the Bernoulli 
effect, you have to know the appropriate boundary conditions, and they are 
tough to come by in the real world.  Other methods are easier to apply, but 
no more accurate.
JimC