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by bandrami 417 days ago
That's incomplete though; an asymmetric airfoil with 0° angle of attack does generate lift. The problem is the "equal times" -- the times are not "equal", but the air passing over the curved side does go faster.
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Sure. By deflecting the air down.

> Cambered airfoils generate lift at zero angle of attack. When the chord line is horizontal, the trailing edge has a downward direction and since the air follows the trailing edge it is deflected downward.

But the air on the leading edge is deflected upwards when it hits