Alex Perry writes: > For a slight headwind, or a slight tailwind, you can use the > ailerons to modify the effective angle of attack and oppose that > rolling torque. However, the stated example is exactly at 90 > degrees and thus this would have no effect. In real life, you'd > zigzag down taxiways and very carefully change the control > positions as you go (watching windsocks like an eagle).
I have a feeling that if I were a real C-172 pilot looking at 50 kt surface winds, I'd just leave the plane tied down and take a bus. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
