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Old February 6th 08, 07:07 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
gpaleo[_2_]
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Default Why airplanes taxi

"Phil J" wrote
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Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.

Fixed-wing aircraft can only achieve a stable taxi by keeping the CG
between the forward and aft wheel points(WPs). This is why it is so
important in aircraft design that the WPs be placed correctly. In
the early days of aviation some designers placed all the wheels to one
side of the CG, with the result that the aircraft was dynamically
unstable in taxi. Sadly, many lives were lost before this phenomenon
was understood.

If the CG is placed correctly in relation to the WPs, the aircraft
establishes taxi by moving the Earth beneath it. Turns are achieved
by rotating the Earth. Flight is achieved by dropping the Earth down,
and a landing is made by lifting it back up. Aerobatics involve
combinations of lifting, dropping, and rotating.

I hope this clears things up for everyone.

Phil


Hah...hah....
This is called the pilot's perspective: (s)he sits in the cockpit and the
earth performs the requisite manoevers.