 Lancair crash at SnF
On Apr 25, 11:23 pm, Stefan <stefan@mus._INVALID_.ch> wrote:
> WingFlaps schrieb:
>
> > A direction change in a
> > plane is always due to acceleration (and that means more drag). That's
> > Newtonian physics.
>
> Right.
Now we are at first base!
>
> > You go from up wind direction (takeoff is usually
> > up wind) to turn in the wind direction to land down wind. There's an
> > acceleration, it is a change in _velocity_
>
> Wrong.
>
I see the problem. You don't know what velocity is. It's a VECTOR. It
changes when you turn. If you don't understand this there's not much
point talking about anything that involves physics....
Cheers |