Sunday, November 6, 2011

Ski Jump

I saw a picture of a skier (snow skier) today and saw that when he was airborne, he leans forward and pins his arms to his sides.  This is done to reduce air resistance.  The leaning forward creates a positive angle of attack against the wind, and being in a straight line with arms and ski poles pinned to the body minimizes air resistance and air drag

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