----- Original Message ----- From: "David Megginson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "FlightGear developers discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 12:19 PM Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] Autocoordination
> Hof Markus wrote: > > > It depends on A/C aerodynamics wheter the plane starts to turn w/ bank angle > > != 0 or not. > > Usually the plane does not, so FCPC is mixing some rudder to make the plane > > turn. > > Which force would else make the plane turn? And I'm sure Bank Angle does > > not, may help a little bit. > > In fact, for a conventional aircraft with wings, a horizontal stabilizer, > and a vertical stabilizer, the bank angle *is* the main thing that makes a > plane turn; or, more specifically, the potential sideslip from the bank > angle makes the plane turn, since it will weathervane to keep flying > directly into the relative wind. > Believe it or not, what makes an airplane turn is LIFT... think about it. If you doubt that grab a good aero book or check out http://arrow.utias.utoronto.ca/~liu/AER1202H/ch4.PDF Regards John W. _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
