Sunday, 26 January 2014

Wingtip vortices form because of the difference in pressure between the upper and lower surfaces of a wing that is...


Wingtip vortices form because of the difference in pressure between the upper and lower surfaces of a wing that is operating at a positive lift. One wingtip vortex trails from the tip of each wing. They are sometimes named trailing or lift-induced vortices because they also occur at points other than at the wing tips.

Watch video:
SWISS A340 dives into Fog - Vortex
Reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wingtip_vortices
http://www.pilotfriend.com/training/flight_training/aero/wng_vort.htm
Photo credit: Vadim Savitsky
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9 comments:

  1. Sam Collett26 January 2014 at 06:34

    Interesting effect. The second one within the picture is like an upside down nose (albeit with really big nostrils)

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  2. Corina Marinescu26 January 2014 at 06:40

    Or just a small nose and some ET eyes =)
    Depends how you look ;)

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  3. Sean Walker26 January 2014 at 06:42

    Sam Collett Yeah like somebody pressed their nose against the canvas of the sky. lol

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  4. Sam Collett26 January 2014 at 07:20

    I think it actually looks better upside down

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  5. Mathieu Hautefeuille26 January 2014 at 08:29

    carlos echeverria Alvion D Catalina Stern

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  6. Jibin Mathew27 January 2014 at 21:08

    Did one couple months ago with some more info for those interested:
    https://plus.google.com/u/0/+JibinMathew/posts/ABmbbd8emL7

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  7. G. Thomas Edwards29 January 2014 at 15:26

    Have you ever seen a crop duster laying a line of Fertilizer early in the morning over a farmer's field?

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  8. Corina Marinescu29 January 2014 at 17:43

    Nope...haven't

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  9. G. Thomas Edwards30 January 2014 at 08:50

    ahh well... it just one of the spectacular things you run into in life when not looking and you stand there mouth agape thinking wow, that's cool!

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