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It’s still Newton’s third law; Push air down and minimize pushing air sideways or in swirling vortices because pushing air the wrong way wastes energy as per newtons law.

That’s what the aerofoil does. It pushes air down but mimimizes wasting energy on drag. It’s still newtons law.



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