Recent content by mikey451

In the absence of other forces, two-body (i.e., a vessel plus a planet or moon or sun) acceleration is u/r^2, directed toward the central gravitational attraction. In the presence of other forces, acceleration in each axis is equal to the sum of the forces (including gravitational forces)...

Nicely done, Ryan's friend. Thanks for sharing it with us, Ryan...

Franz, Do you have a reference for trajectory information - both lateral and vertical? I've been assuming that the trajectory is "gravity turn" longitudinally, until the 2nd stage reaches about 20 deg., then holding 20 deg until after the "roller coaster". For lateral, I've been assuming...

And the moment function...

Here, we call them "lawyers" :P

People will sometimes distance themselves from something they don't understand or can't fully appreciate by ridiculing it, or making jokes about it. Sometimes the joking can even be a form of grieving, so sayeth the shrink who visited a squadron I was in after the death of a pilot. Sometimes...

Have been a test pilot for the Navy, and for McDonnell Douglas. He used to stay current with us in MD-80's. At the time, I was flying MD-80's and T-45's for McDonnell Douglas, and F-14's for the Navy.

56 on Monday, and am not kidding.

I've flown with Pete, and knew him well. A very, very needless death...

Fighter pilots here use helmets to mitigate that :-) . Which also explains my (and every other ex squadron mate I've met) lack of hair on top.

Am also a jet jockey, who fortunately, has never had to.... But have had some incredibly good times in Australia...

Microgravity is a correction for the term "zero gee" or zero gravity. The reason for the term is that a balance of accelerations only exists at one radius in the orbital plane. In a spacecraft, away from that radius (typically, the center of gravity radius), apparent gravity is not zero. For...

Depends on the airplane, in my experience... And congrats, Dan, welcome to an auspicious and honorable community. Stay sceptical while having fun - of the aircraft, its systems, the weather, the terrain, other aircraft, and background communications chatter. They'll all talk to you, if...

Code to Draw FD on the HUD Franz, Here 'tis (draft code, not tested fully) ------------------------------------------------ void SomeClass::DrawFlightDirector(HDC hDC) { // On input, the following variables are assumed to exist: // int g_CEVHUD.width reference display width (pixels)...

Well I am, and it looks reasonably good, at first glance. My inverted V is actually a tad simpler, since it just involves two lines. Will dust off the code and send it to you by COB tomorrow...