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Just wondering

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TheEngineer

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Re: Just wondering
« Reply #30 on: November 03, 2007, 02:50:00 PM »
Twenty feet away from the pole, you would not need to bank the aircraft?  What kind of planes have you flown in?
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Re: Just wondering
« Reply #31 on: November 03, 2007, 02:54:21 PM »
That would be true if you were trying to go around the pole, but if you keep going in a straight line, you will come back to the same spot.
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Re: Just wondering
« Reply #32 on: November 03, 2007, 03:03:14 PM »
And how would you know you were going in a straight line?
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Re: Just wondering
« Reply #33 on: November 03, 2007, 03:05:02 PM »
Quote from: Agamemnon on November 03, 2007, 02:48:23 PM
No in RE you wouldn't need to tilt because you go in a curved path along a different axis of motion.

Is this a derivative of the axis of evil?
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