On Fri, 5 Jan 2007, Ampere K. Hardraade wrote: > This may be a little off topic, but: > > What is a tensor?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensor (here it's the engineering meaning of the word) And a pretty good handbook (well, scan quality is not the best) on the topic of inertia calculations of aircrafts is available from: http://stinet.dtic.mil/ Search for "AD0617354" pdf, ~5MB Title: AIRCRAFT MOTION ANALYSIS AD Number: AD0617354 Corporate Author: DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT CO LONG BEACH CA Personal Author: Thelander, J. A. Report Date: March 01, 1965 Media: 107 Pages(s) Distribution Code: 01 - APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Report Classification: (Not Available). Source Code: 116400 From the collection: Technical Reports ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel