drag

     

Drag may refer to:

Trivia about drag

  • 4-letter word for the force that hinders an airplane's forward thrust, caused by friction with the air
  • (Jimmy of the Clue Crew throws a paper airplane.) Air can easily get around the plane's thin wings, so there's less of this force resisting forward motion
  • A projectile's trajectory is subject to gravity, lift & this force that's heavily dependent on nose shape