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Old June 17th 05, 04:15 PM
Bob Moore
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"Neil Gould" wrote
Mathematically, an "angle" by itself *is* a scalar, and I'm not arguing
otherwise. I'm saying that "Angle Of Attack" requires direction to have
meaning. Without direction, there is no AOA.


Neil, give us an example of AOA having a "direction".

Well, OK. Then, how do you determine the AOA when the aircraft is parked?


When parked with no wind, there is no relative wind and therefore NO AOA.

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Old June 17th 05, 04:29 PM
Neil Gould
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Recently, Bob Moore posted:

"Neil Gould" wrote
Mathematically, an "angle" by itself *is* a scalar, and I'm not
arguing otherwise. I'm saying that "Angle Of Attack" requires
direction to have meaning. Without direction, there is no AOA.


Neil, give us an example of AOA having a "direction".

Well, OK. Then, how do you determine the AOA when the aircraft is
parked?


When parked with no wind, there is no relative wind and therefore NO
AOA.

Stated another way, AOA doesn't exist *without* a directional component.

Neil


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Old June 17th 05, 05:20 PM
Bob Moore
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"Neil Gould" wrote
Stated another way, AOA doesn't exist *without* a directional component.


Directions are measured in reference to "somewhere", Up, Down,
North, South, etc. What is the reference for measuring AOA?

Bob Moore
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Old June 18th 05, 12:22 AM
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Stated another way, AOA doesn't exist *without* a directional component.

No. AOL doesn't exist without a =component= with a directional
component. Not the same.

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