But boys think harder :-). All I am doing by raising the tail with the aircraft stationary on the ground is altering the angle made between the pivot stalk and the horizontal plane of the compass ring. I just can't see why this would rotate the compass and further why it does not return to the original position once the lift is stopped...and now the stumper...why doesn't it happen with the compass in my friend's Tiger Moth?
Errrr....an analogy might help..... A frisbee balanced horizontally on the top of my finger doesn't care or know at what angle my forearm is....it remains horizontal. Even if the frisbee is weighted on one side and the pivot point offset to maintain the horizontal plane, the same thing applies. What am I missing here?? This is becoming one of life's mysteries..... like why does a mirror invert text in a book left to right but not bottom line to top line.....I hate when I wax lyrical other than on Fridays. The Martindale Family 29 Jane Circuit TOORMINA NSW 2452 AUSTRALIA phone: 61 2 66584767 email: johnj...@chc.net.au ----- Original Message ----- From: "VIRGIL N SALISBURY" <virg...@juno.com> To: <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 4:01 AM Subject: Re: KR> Compass dip > Which he describes as Picking Up The Tail, Virg > > On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 07:54:22 -0700 (PDT) Ameet Savant > <ameetsav...@yahoo.com> writes: > > > > Virg, > > > > Uh... not movement.. Any change in speed is defined as > > acceleration. (unit ft/sec^2) > > > > Ameet > > > > > > > ANY movement is an acceleration, Virg > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! > > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > > > _______________________________________ > > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > > > > > Virgil N. Salisbury - AMSOIL > www.lubedealer.com/salisbury > Miami ,Fl > > _______________________________________ > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >
