Originally Posted by
Top_Gunn
So you're saying it's impossible to fly a straight line from point A to point B in a crosswind, or to steer a boat in the same sort of straight line in a constant current? That's just not right. It is probably true that in a real stream, rather than the ideal one we're imagining, you are likely to follow a curved path, because the stream will not really have the same velocity .
First I never said that you couldn't fly from point A to point B in a strait line. I simply stated that you could not do it the way you have described. In a perfect world yes the math works but my friend the world in which we live is not a constant.
as a side note, I went flying today and took the kids trainer, a Hangar 9 Arrow. I flew all approaches with crossed controls and had no issues with doing so, the airplane showed no ill effects whatsoever. Now would I suggest a beginner fly around like that? No, but I would not consider it wrong either.