Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
Depends what you mean by that.
You fly further, and longer, in a figure of eight than you do in a racetrack with the same major and minor dimensions, ceteris paribus.
Either way, the captain flies less far than the co. if left hand circuits or indeed left hand eights. . Assume circuit radius r.
Caotain 2 pi. r . Co 2 pi [r + a liitle bit] ..... The little bit is the distance between their seats.
The shape of the circuit can always be approximated to a circle for argument's sake.
Corioli might just have a say but the experts suggest 2/3 of 4/5 of buggerall. Corioli is like entropy .............. I distinctly remember understanding them for 5 minutes.