Aircraft Flight Dynamics: A Virtual Textbook. Our Favorite Paper Airplanes. My boomerang. I build close to fifthy boomerangs over more than 20 years, till I got able to carve my first really perfect boomerang. Lots of items return to the thrower when they are tossed in the air. A stone thrown upwards falls back, a frisbee thrown high upwards in the wind, commercial boomerangs that return once in a while by mistake... To me a real boomerang is something you throw like a hatchet. It makes a long and complicated flight that seems to last an eternity. It rises in the air, changes direction, changes again... My best criterion to distinguish my favorite kind of boomerang is you have to throw it holding it vertically like a hatchet or nearly. Other kinds of boomerangs exist. Some answers to common questions: One cannot say that you stretch your arm and the boomerang comes back in your open hand.
The boomerang displayed above is rather dirty because it endured several days of experiments. You can see on the picture I glued two copper coins inside the wing ends. The shape Wing profile. See How It Flies. Tom Philo's Aviation Rules of Thumb. Some common rules or other aircraft terms to remember Aircraft Tips, Basic Flight Procedures, and Strategies for Light Aircraft Every field has some "rules of thumb" that are truisms. Aviation is no different. The following are offered only as a way quick to remember how an aircraft performs or what you should think about when flying. Aborting a takeoff halfway down the runway will allow you to stop on the runway.Always be at least 1000 feet above the terrain (2000 in mountains) to ensure you will miss any unknown or unseen obstructions or an upwind / downwind draft over a hill / mountain.The distance / time to clear an obstacle is reduced by 5% for every 100 lbs below max gross weight. A lot of new efforts are underway in the industry.
As a member of AOPA when you renew your membership you get a lot of useful items like this Airspace at a Glance reference card. While at Reno in 2000 I picked up from the FAA a "Guide to Airport Signs and Markings". Memory Aids RECIT - before flight FARs 1. Valveless Pulsejets 1.5 By Bruno Ogorelec. Flying. Flying is also fun and challenging. You have to think and act in three dimensions. You have the freedom to move to a lot of new spots on the globe.
You learn to examine and appreciate scenery and natural phenomena that you'd never be able or wouldn't bother to see from the ground. Charles Lindbergh put it best: "Science, freedom, beauty, adventure. " Sadly Lindbergh was, in addition to being a great aviator, a supporter of the Nazis. In October 1938 he accepted the Service Cross of the German Eagle from Hermann Goering. Even if the end goal is soaring, you might want to try this some time. Happy to hear of your new interest, Phil. Seattle Space Needle After you finish your instrument rating, you may find your VFR skills have deteriorated because the instrument flying gets you accustomed to being led through the system to the end of the runway.