Originally Posted by
ShyTorque
I don’t recall ever having to make such a calculation in flight in 53 years of flying. Or on the ground, for that matter….
If it was something you might have to calculate in flight, there would either be a simple rule of thumb which got you a close enough answer, or an instrument...
It's slightly reminiscent of designing four bar linkages, except that the distances between adjacent nodes remain fixed and the rates of movement change.
(Yes, I'm an engineer, not a pilot)