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Gibbon
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Hi, I am again toying with programming and simple flight movements and whilst researching I've read that the angle of attack is perpendicular to the relative wind or flow and NOT an aeroplane wing.
But isn't relative flow always in the oppostive direction of the planes direction vector? Meaning it is perpendicular to the wing?
Im struggerling with the CL and AoA.
Is the Angle of attack of a plane simply the angle of the wings?
Or is AoA the angle of the wing in relation to the relative wind, until the planes back in a state of equilibrium where its now heading in a new direction but the AoA is back at 0?
Or am i completely off target here?
Thanks
Andy
But isn't relative flow always in the oppostive direction of the planes direction vector? Meaning it is perpendicular to the wing?
Im struggerling with the CL and AoA.
Is the Angle of attack of a plane simply the angle of the wings?
Or is AoA the angle of the wing in relation to the relative wind, until the planes back in a state of equilibrium where its now heading in a new direction but the AoA is back at 0?
Or am i completely off target here?
Thanks
Andy