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Kitsune · 10-23-2004, 09:21 PM

TW -- you mean like this?

Three things produce vapor trails off a plane, I think. The engine exhaust, "sharp" edges (like winglets, flap edges, etc) that produce vortices, and the lifting edge of a wing, which produces pressure low enough to create condensation.

10-23-2004, 09:21 PM	#11
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	TW -- you mean like this? Three things produce vapor trails off a plane, I think. The engine exhaust, "sharp" edges (like winglets, flap edges, etc) that produce vortices, and the lifting edge of a wing, which produces pressure low enough to create condensation.