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For the purposes of my question I am referring to coordinated as:
If the horizontal component of lift is exactly equal and opposite the apparent centrifugal force (a coordinated turn). The pilot flying by the "seat of his or her pants" feels no skid or slip with the seat cushion. In your knife edge demonstration you could measure this if you rotated the ball inclinometer 90 degrees. I *believe* it would show you were in coordinated flight. The Websters definition has merit for you when trying to reinforce a fundamental learning objective but I was trying to drive to a very specific question. Apparantly with that I mis used "yaw" Todd "Dudley Henriques" wrote in message news:QMqdnYyufd3QT- Depending on the instructor, you either learn that coordinated flight is with the ball always in the center, or you can be taught that you are coordinated when the control pressures are applied in the exact amount necessary to place the airplane in the sky at the exact configuration required at any instant in time. I prefer the latter definition and have taught my students this way for many years. -- Dudley Henriques |
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