"Julian Scarfe" wrote:

I guess "Dutch Roll" is pretty close to the line.

I encountered the term first in sailing. Then I ran into
the term used for the aviation coordination exercise and I
have to admit that it seemed odd as the motions weren't
really all that similar. Then I ran into the technical
aerodynamic usage, which describes a motion more similar to
the nautical motion. I suppose if I'd encountered the
technical aviation usage first, I might have felt the
coordination usage was "wrong," but I've never looked at it
like that. I've always seen it as the same adopted name for
two distinct things.

Todd Pattist
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