Originally Posted by
bjr_93tz
That's what the downwind turn folks have trouble dealing with. The fact their plane is already flying through a body of air spinning around at nearly 1000mph and it just so happens the surface of the Earth is keeping pace.
When those two speeds don't match up, their planes start to fall out of the sky when they perform a turn???
bjr - I think your location, with it's reversed coriolis effect, and pole reversal is probably causing the vortex turbulence created by wrong-way spinning. That's what creates the problems for the rudder>aileron mix and it's impact on perceived airspeed v.s. actual groundspeed.
(jk)
I shall now retire to the relative calm of my northern hemispherical, properly-oriented magnetic poles, and correctly rotating propellers....particularly since we started daylight savings time today, and the field is READY !!!!
Bye, everyone....