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Old January 7th 05, 05:36 AM
Ron Garret
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"Peter Duniho" wrote:

"Ramapriya" wrote in message
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Not having been in an aircraft boat-turn before, I find your example a
wee addling. The kids would get hurled across the seats because the
station wagon is trying to turn horizontally about its axis while being
restricted in its lateral movement by the tires that are grounded. In
an aircraft, there's just thin air outside, so I'd presume it'll mildly
keep sliding sidewards too (in the opposite direction) while turning
about its axis.


It's a little of both. It won't be as bad as the aforementioned station
wagon, because the rudder isn't capable of producing as much of a turn. In
fact, this is why it's so important to use aileron to bank the plane too for
a turn. But a turn does still happen to a lesser degree, and the passengers
would still feel the apparent force pushing them to the outside of the turn.


There's another thing that happens when you stomp on the rudder: while
the plane is yawing about its vertical axis, one wing is moving faster
than the other through the air and therefore generates more lift,
causing the plane to bank even without any aileron input. But the plane
yaws first and banks afterwards, so the effect is that the wing makes
this sort of circular stirring motion. It can be quite disconcerting if
you're not used to it.

BTW, Ramapriya, where do you live? Pilots are a generous lot, and you
can probably find someone to take you up so you can experience all this
firsthand.

rg
 




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