Originally Posted by Brercrow
(Post 10216053)
I have had a long correspondence with Wizofoz going back years
Denial is not a counter-argument. Are all frames of reference equally valid? |
Originally Posted by Wizofoz
(Post 10213228)
Ian,
You've made the same fundamental error- and you've been arrogant with it. Before saying someone has forgotten basic physics, you'd best learn some yourself. The earth is not a privileged frame of reference and no, no value HAS to be calculated in reference to it. All calculations of velocity, acceleration and therefore momentum and kinetic energy work in any frame of reference- as long as you STAY in one frame of reference. Momentum is not related to groundspeed. It is related of whatever frame of reference you choose to calculate in.That is implicit in Newtons first law of motion, Momentum is not related to groundspeed. It is related of whatever frame of reference you choose to calculate in.That is implicit in Newtons first law of motion |
Originally Posted by Brercrow
(Post 10216048)
No No No You are talking about a person in an aircraft. The person walks toward the tail at 1 kt turns around and walks towards the nose at 1kt. But relative to the ground he is still moving with the aircraft
final groundspeed minus initial groundspeed (airspeed + tailwind) - (airspeed - headwind) (100+10)-(100-10) 110-90 20 Scenario B (Person inside airliner) final groundspeed minus initial groundspeed (airspeed + tailwind) - (airspeed - headwind) or, if you like: (walk + tailwind) - (walk - headwind) (1+500)-(1-500) 501-(-499) 1000 You're not understanding the analogy. I thought I was clear enough in being excessively verbose and redundant in all the details. The airmass inside the moving airliner (scenario B) represents the airmass that is the steady, uniform wind the Cessna is flying in (scenario A) The airspeed of the person walking (1 knot in scenario B) represents the airspeed of the Cessna (100 knots in scenario A). It's the speed of the person moving relative to the airmass inside the airliner. Like the speed of the Cessna relative to the airmass it's flying in. The "airspeed" of the airliner in scenario B (500 knots) is not analogous to the airspeed of the Cessna (it's only a coincidence in the use of the same word.) It is analogous to the wind speed in scenario A (10 knots). It is the speed of the airmass over the ground. Your rearranging of the terms is incorrect. Please look up and read it again, while keeping straight what is analogous to what. Line by line, term by term, I really don't know how to make it more explicit. Examine it again. |
Originally Posted by Ian W
(Post 10216152)
If you read the post from A-Squared where he suggested I go to a friendly university physicist - taking about 4 sentences - you will see why I said what I did.
I choose the ground as my frame of reference then. Aircraft stationary in my frame of reference and in 30 seconds accelerates to 120kts. Or alternately is traveling at 120Kts and in 30 seconds becomes stationary |
Originally Posted by Ian W
(Post 10216152)
I choose the ground as my frame of reference then. Aircraft stationary in my frame of reference and in 30 seconds accelerates to 120kts. Or alternately is traveling at 120Kts and in 30 seconds becomes stationary
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Vessbot you cannot be serious. Even if it is a cessna flying at 1kt in a 500 kt wind there is still no 1000 kt change of groundspeed
Read #201 again |
Yes, there will be, for the reason explained by the math I posted.
What's the groundspeed before the turn? -499 What's the groundspeed after the turn? 501 The difference is 1000. I read your post again, and it still rearranges the terms in error. Look at scenario A, and see that obviously everything is right. This is common sense to a private pilot. And then look at how every element translates to scenario B. Have I made any mistakes in the translations? |
Originally Posted by A Squared
(Post 10216230)
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.
0 to 120 requires a tangential force Making a 180 requires a centripetal force In purely Newtonian terms force is force but for an aircraft, tangential and centripetal forces have quite different effects because it envolves rotating forces. Ask a mathematician |
Originally Posted by Brercrow
(Post 10216243)
No not an identical force.
0 to 120 requires a tangential force Making a 180 requires a centripetal force In purely Newtonian terms force is force but for an aircraft, tangential and centripetal forces have quite different effects because it envolves rotating forces. Ask a mathematician |
Originally Posted by A Squared
(Post 10216230)
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.
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Originally Posted by Vessbot
(Post 10216239)
Yes, there will be, for the reason explained by the math I posted.
What's the groundspeed before the turn? -499 What's the groundspeed after the turn? 501 The difference is 1000. |
Originally Posted by Brercrow
(Post 10216243)
No not an identical force.
0 to 120 requires a tangential force Making a 180 requires a centripetal force In purely Newtonian terms force is force but for an aircraft, tangential and centripetal forces have quite different effects because it envolves rotating forces. Ask a mathematician Ask any physicist. |
Originally Posted by A Squared
(Post 10216253)
Ummm, if a person in an airliner with a velocity of +500 knots is walking toward the tail at 1 knot, his groundspeed is +499 knots, not -499 knots
What's a Cessna's groundspeed when flying at 50 knots airspeed into a 60 knot headwind? Come aawwn! Again, we're talking about the speeds of the person not the airplane. The only way the airplane figures into this, is an enclosure of the 500 knot airmass. |
Originally Posted by A Squared
(Post 10216253)
Ummm, if a person in an airliner with a velocity of +500 knots is walking toward the tail at 1 knot, his groundspeed is +499 knots, not -499 knots
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Originally Posted by Jet_Fan
(Post 10216268)
no, it's -499 because he is facing the tail. If he stops it goes back to -500. If he turns to face the cockpit while stationary it goes from -500 to +500 almost instantly.
You are out of your depth - stop digging. PDR |
Originally Posted by PDR1
(Post 10216276)
Utter drivel. That would imply a 2hz rotation rate results in a 1000kn/sec linear acceleration - roughly 2,000m/sec^2 or 200G. Why is the person not squashed to a pulp by this acceleration?
PDR |
Originally Posted by PDR1
(Post 10216276)
So you choose a ground-centric reference frame for the velocity vector, but a anthropomorphic reference frame for the maginitude?
I'll tell you the same thing I told Brercrow: Look at scenario A, and see that everything checks out, as should be common sense to a private pilot. Then see how every element translates to scenario B. I'll even paste it right in here so you don't have to scroll up. Have I made any mistakes in the translations? Scenario A (Cessna) final groundspeed minus initial groundspeed (airspeed + tailwind) - (airspeed - headwind) (100+10)-(100-10) 110-90 20 Scenario B (Person inside airliner) final groundspeed minus initial groundspeed (airspeed + tailwind) - (airspeed - headwind) or, if you like: (walk + tailwind) - (walk - headwind) (1+500)-(1-500) 501-(-499) 1000 |
Originally Posted by PDR1
(Post 10216276)
So you choose a ground-centric reference frame for the velocity vector, but a anthropomorphic reference frame for the maginitude?
You are out of your depth - stop digging. PDR |
Originally Posted by Vessbot
(Post 10216258)
He's moving backward. His (body) groundspeed could not be in the positive unless he's running toward the tail at greater than 500 knots.
Originally Posted by Jet_Fan
(Post 10216268)
no, it's -499 because he is facing the tail. If he stops it goes back to -500. If he turns to face the cockpit while stationary it goes from -500 to +500 almost instantly.
the airliner is flying East at 500 knots. the passenger is walking toward the tail at one knot, he is still moving East at 499 knots. He's not moving west merely because he's facing west. While I obviously think Brecrow's theory is fallacy, I have to agree with him that the analogy the two if you are using here is just as flawed. |
Originally Posted by A Squared
(Post 10216283)
You're adopting a frame of reference which changes orientation with the person. The only way you can make sense of any of this is with a constant, non-accelerated frame of reference.
the airliner is flying East at 500 knots. the passenger is walking toward the tail at one knot, he is still moving East at 499 knots. He's not moving west merely because he's facing west. While I obviously think Brecrow's theory is fallacy, I have to agree with him that the analogy the two if you are using here is just as flawed. |
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