[NSRCA-discussion] Rudder

jjvoth jjvoth at mtelco.net
Wed Oct 10 20:42:00 AKDT 2007


James Oddino wrote:
> Yes!!!!
>
>
> On Oct 10, 2007, at 5:26 PM, rjo626 at aol.com <mailto:rjo626 at aol.com> wrote:
>
>>      You have to consider equal and opposite reactions. The CG goes 
>> through the air with forward motion. (kinetic energy) The fuse will 
>> rotate around the CG, crab, weather vane, whatever... in a cross 
>> wind. In
>> a crosswind, and the airplane at a high speed, the airplane appears 
>> to be flying "straight", but the track
>> is blown in the direction of the wind... The CG, the entire airplane. 
>> In this case, we wind correct with
>> rudder. Nose into the wind. At slower speeds, takeoffs and landings 
>> for example, (my airplane anyway)
>> the fuse rotates around the CG, nose into the wind. Taking off left 
>> to right, wind in my face, I have to
>> hold right rudder on rollout. When it breaks ground, the nose STILL 
>> wants to go into the wind. To hold
>> heading, I would still have to hold right rudder. If not, it "sniffs" 
>> into the headwind. You can't tell me you 
>> all haven't experienced this.
>>                                     RJO
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> So if you shoot an arrow in a 90° crosswind at a target 100 yards 
> away, the arrow will hit the target sideways?
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