In a message dated 5/30/01 2:51:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< "Cottrill, Flash" wrote:
>
> I'd like to answer this with some authority but my aerodynamic training is
> limited.
> My unauthorized comment would be, that the plane would take on what ever
> attitude the control surfaces told it to... although they might not be the
> same responses one would see if under the influence of gravity.
>
> Whether the plane went up indefinitely or not, would depend solely on the
> angle of attack and the shape of the airfoil along with the elevator
inputs.
>
> I think! >>
You have more than one training limitation, Gordon - in a gravityless
environment, which way is "up"!? :-)
Good Lift! (?) Skip (MSE, Astrodynamics UCLA 1963)
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