Re: KR> Mr. Langeschwische's book

2019-04-21 Thread Flesner via KRnet
On 4/21/2019 3:54 PM, Mike T via KRnet wrote: The "critic" is spouting nonsense. Some aerobatic planes have symmetrical wings with no difference between the top and bottom. Do they need to have their wings angled at 45 degrees? Mike Taglieri +++

Re: KR> Mr. Langeschwische's book

2019-04-21 Thread Mike T via KRnet
The "critic" is spouting nonsense. Some aerobatic planes have symmetrical wings with no difference between the top and bottom. Do they need to have their wings angled at 45 degrees? Mike Taglieri On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 10:59 AM Chris Kinnaman via KRnet < krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote: > The fir

Re: KR> Mr. Langeschwische's book

2019-04-21 Thread Chris Kinnaman via KRnet
The first critic's assertion about humongous airspeed and 45 deg angles does not follow from anything actually found in the book. An attempt at assigning a fallacy to the author for which there can be no defense. The critic forgot to include "See how smart I am?" $.02 Chris K On 4/21/2019 7

Re: KR> Mr. Langeschwische's book

2019-04-21 Thread Flesner via KRnet
After our recent discussion on wing lift theory I went looking for a source to buy the book.  When researching a product to buy, with all the sources of information we have now days, I generally pass over the 5 star reviews that say the product is as good as I would expect it to be.  Instead,

Re: KR> Mr. Langeschwische's book

2019-04-20 Thread Mike T via KRnet
I read it several years ago and liked it, but most modern cfi's would already have Incorporated a lot of the things he discovered. I know back when the book was written many people thought that the runner steers the plane and the elevator makes the plane go up and down both of which were completely

KR> Mr. Langeschwische's book

2019-04-20 Thread Mark Wegmet via KRnet
https://www.amazon.com/Stick-Rudder-Explanation-Art-Flying/dp/0070362408/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Z3XM6LKE412W&keywords=stick+and+rudder+by+wolfgang+langewiesche&qid=1555795395&s=gateway&sprefix=stick+and+rudder%2Caps%2C209&sr=8-1 probably the best $17 you'll spent... even if you have been flying for deca