= Common misconception in explanation=[edit]

This intro explanation is based on perhaps the most common misconception in science. It is the sharp turn at the blower exit from linear motion to radial that causes a low pressure around the  blower exit hole against the *upper* plate.  Air has inertia and wants to continue straight [against the lower plate]. The decrease in pressure in that sharp turn is enough to create a region around the hole that is very low pressure- enough to completely offset the high dynamic pressure downward against the levitated plate and then some.

I corrected it.

There are papers showing this flow and pressure decrease that can be found under a search for "Bernoulli levitation"

Bernoulli Levitation Source of the Curved flow diagram: https://www.seykota.com/rm/Bernoulli_approach/index.htm Linked from here: https://www.seykota.com/rm/Textbook_3/index.htm Refers to this: Fluid Mechanics, by Potter and Foss, John Wiley, 1975. 04:52, 6 June 2023 (UTC)