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Old 7th Aug 2018, 18:48
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Wizofoz
 
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Originally Posted by Brercrow
Seriously? Whats wrong with the diagram?
You use airspeeds and groundspeed in the same diagram-that is, vectors from different IRFs. The velocity of an aircraft doesn't "consist of" airspeed components and groundspeed components, it's velocity can be expressed as one or the other (or, indeed, be expressed reference any OTHER IRF). You try and take velocity from one frame and claim it effects the aircraft in another.

You can't do that.
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