Recent content by Wetter42

See - This is exactly what threw me for a loop! I went ahead and out of laziness, took the "Thin airfoil theory" route which isn't 100% accurate, but asserts that the [coefficient of lift = 2 times pi times the angle of attack (in radians)]. Easily enough I was able to calculate that, and...

Hey bud - I hope you haven't forgotten about me! I'm still struggling to find out the necessary components to calculating (or even estimating) the lift necessary to calculate load factor. Here are at least some of the vectors I have: Directional vectors Speed Angle of attack Pitch angle Time...

Absolutely! Thanks for your assistance today buddy! :D A much needed sanity check in an insanity inducing world! Cheers!

Oh, man! I absolutely wish this were a thing: Like each aviation resource should specify something like: "If you're going to post an eq, please post the referencing link a well as a breakdown of the equation name and the representation of the symbols. This would close a lot of confusion for...

Thanks for that! It helps tremendously so far! <3

Well that helps with Alpha, but not as much with the post question 1, but not as much with the symbols as they relate to the study of aerodynamics. For example: q g(base)z L(base)z w(base)z have any references for those?

Hey guys! I'm looking at a few resources and I came across an interesting one on the Aviation Stack Exchange Page. Interestingly enough, another individual is working on implementing flight mechanics / aerodynamics using code and had similar questions to me, but to be honest, I'm not quite sure...

Sorry to resurrect but I went on a very, very deep dive skimming through NASA publications and a few others to try to find the golden equation to measure the load factor in different equations, but couldn't find anything explicit. (and for the sake of simplicity, we can assume the flight will...

Fortunately, this seemed like the most straight forward answer until I started digging. Unfortunately, I started digging. There's not really many resources that talk about centrifugal forces, and I've learned that apparently, centrifugal forces are artificial and just an effect / feeling /...

Hey Klystron - Unfortunately, I had no luck locating any open-source software, however I did take a deep dive into Nasa documentation and went on a rabbit hole; I've come across some very notable documents. My strongest lead is the following: https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA319977.pdf...

Maybe I should rephrase by asking: What elements do I need to get the g-force of a climbing turn? Turn radius? Rate of change? Speed? Mass? Angle of attack? I'd love to get some insight - Hopefully I'm giving enough information here! (If not, please school me!)

Hello Berkeman! Lua is a programming language that the game leverages. Lua (along with the game's native functions) gathers all sorts of things like the aircraft's pitch, roll, speed, rotational axis, and even MASS. It's quite an amazing thing, but sadly, not G-forces. I wanted to basically...

There's a game that I like to play that has planes and code, and collects things like angle of attack and speed. I was wondering how it'd be possible to get the rate of g-forces experienced within a climbing turn; I already understand from this thread...