On 07/01/2013 04:21 PM, Sidsel & Svein Johnsen wrote:
> This has been an interesting discussion, but it appears to me that it
> got off-track somewhere because "forward" has two meanings (see the
> attached illustrations):
How does an autogyro (autocopter?) work? What is causing the blades to
move forward?
> A glider is
> propelled by the forward in the direction of flight component of
> the aircrafts WEIGHT only.
Ok, got it. But without wings (but still with the majority of the
weight) will the glider still be propelled forwards? I guess not.
Then what exactly is exercising a forward pulling force on the glider's
fuselage? The fuselage has only drag. So something must be pulling it
forward.
Frans
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