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Old 4th Feb 2017, 19:27
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Capn Rex Havoc
 
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But there are forces that act on an inertial mass in relation to its position in reference to the earth (and other gravitational fields), so that when an aircraft changes direction in a constant air mass, the two inertial masses (air mass and aircraft) initially diverge in terms of reference. The
There is not such thing as an INERTIAL MASS. There is just MASS. Good ole Newton came up the relationship - F (Force) = M (mass) x A (acceleration).

(Einstein refined it for relativistic speeds to include a correction factor based on the speed of light)

You can chuck the Inertial term out the window, its bulls.t

Lift is the Force that keeps the wings aloft, and the same thing that generates the turn.

Lift (Force) is generated by the air moving over the wings. FULL STOP. In a steady state air mass, the aircraft wings do not know if that airmass is doing 0 knots or 200 kts relative to the ground.

You can do 360 deg orbits all day, clockwise and anti clockwise in a steady state jet stream and you will never see one iota of IAS difference when turning.

Its not that hard.
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