Originally Posted by
A Squared
And what you're not grasping is that going from stationary to 120 knots is the identical change in velocity as going from 60 knots east to 60 knots west, and it requires the identical force exerted on the airplane by the air for the identical period of time, and both scenarios require overcoming the identical amount of inertia.
Yeah, but he is choosing to go from 60kts (the airspeed) to 120kts downwing (the groundspeed) and claiming it's a much bigger change just because of the wind.
Last edited by Jet_Fan; 6th Aug 2018 at 14:56.