Andy Ross wrote: > Erik Hofman wrote: > > Jon S. Berndt wrote: > > > Erik Hofman wrote: > > > > Christian Mayer wrote: > > > > > Jon S Berndt wrote: > > > > > > In my mind, mass is in kg. and force is in Newtons. > > > > > That's correct. > > > > Are you sure [...]? > > > See? > > My bad > > Oh, dear. Time for the whirlwind tour of unit conventions.
<snip> > Well, fear not, there is. This magical unit world is called "SI", and > it works like this: > > mass: kilogram This is where it usually goes wrong. In the general language the weight is usually measured in kilos (or kg). It *is* plain wrong, but bad habbits slowly (or never?) fade away. I must say, it's been a while since I used those units, so thats the reason I said it wrong. (Sorry >-) ) _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
