[NSRCA-discussion] Weather Vane

[Matthew Frederick]

RJO, The problem with your analogy is that air is a fluid... an aircraft is not.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: rjo626 at aol.com 
  To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org 
  Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 6:39 AM
  Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Weather Vane


       The airplane doesn't "know" anything.
   It doesn't know that when air pressure is less on any one side of it that it's supposed 
  to go in that direction. It doesn't know that when we apply throttle, it's supposed to 
  go forward. We create these situations with inputs and the airplane responds. The 
  airplane doesn't know to fly slower against the wind, and faster down wind. It's a matter
  of physics and what the airplane is designed to do. If wind is forced against the side of 
  the airplane, no, it does not know what's going on, but it will react. Just as if another 
  airplane were to plow into the side of it. It's going to move.
                                                                               RJO

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