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It can stagnate to the point of bugs not having much of an issue staying on the wing during flight. I remember a case when I was flight training where we had a
by mveety 11y ago
It can stagnate to the point of bugs not having much of an issue staying on the wing during flight. I remember a case when I was flight training where we had a little spider as a passenger on the top of the starboard wing for the duration of the flight. The little guy didn't fall off until the wing stalled out when we were landing.
- ajross 11y agoThat's a different effect. The region just above the surface is a turbulent boundary layer without much net flow. But it's very thin.