Re: crabbing and slipping

[Nyal Williams]

At 17:24 11 September 2003, Ian Johnston wrote:
>On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 16:21:48 UTC,
>(Chris
>OCallaghan) wrote:
>
>: Tilting the lift vector produces a turn, regardless
>of wind.
>
>
>
>Oh no it doesn't
>
>
>
>All a sideways tilt in the lift vector tries to do
>is move the glider
>sideways. Whether or not that results in a turn depends
>on what you do
>with the rudder.
>
>Ian

Um, methinks it is the stabilizer/elevator instead
of the rudder. Jet jockeys call it 'bank and yank.'

[Nyal Williams]

At 19:12 12 September 2003, Chris Ocallaghan wrote:
>Yikes! I feel like I'm trapped in an argument with
>Cliff Claven. There
>is no winning, so why bother to continue the debate.
>
>Alas, I've broken my own rule against discussing subjects
>on the ras
>that have life-threatening consequences. My apologies
>for inviting
>such an outwelling of misconceptions and fallacies.
>I hope they don't
>ultimately hurt anyone.
>
>My last word, go back to your primers and make up your
>own mind.
>

Not in this post, but in several others, the writers
have repeatedly written 'flair.' Now, maybe that is
the way they fly, but I'm not an airshow pilot. I
always write 'flare.'

[Chris OCallaghan]

But Nyal, don't you land with "distinctive elegance or style?" To
flare with flair.

I've become way too dependent on Word's spell/grammar check. If I use
the google text box, there's no telling what I might wind up saying.

Nyal Williams > wrote in message >...
> At 19:12 12 September 2003, Chris Ocallaghan wrote:
> >Yikes! I feel like I'm trapped in an argument with
> >Cliff Claven. There
> >is no winning, so why bother to continue the debate.
> >
> >Alas, I've broken my own rule against discussing subjects
> >on the ras
> >that have life-threatening consequences. My apologies
> >for inviting
> >such an outwelling of misconceptions and fallacies.
> >I hope they don't
> >ultimately hurt anyone.
> >
> >My last word, go back to your primers and make up your
> >own mind.
> >
>
> Not in this post, but in several others, the writers
> have repeatedly written 'flair.' Now, maybe that is
> the way they fly, but I'm not an airshow pilot. I
> always write 'flare.'

[Tim]

Nyal Williams >s comments
read:

>Not in this post, but in several others, the writers
>have repeatedly written 'flair.' Now, maybe that is
>the way they fly, but I'm not an airshow pilot. I
>always write 'flare.'

But then again you and I write coloUr and their or there as
appropriate ;-)
--
Tim - ASW20CL "20"