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  2. External ballistics - Wikipedia

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    For a left hand (counterclockwise) direction of rotation this component will always be to the left. This is because the projectile's longitudinal axis (its axis of rotation) and the direction of the velocity vector of the center of gravity (CG) deviate by a small angle, which is said to be the equilibrium yaw or the yaw of repose

  3. Aircraft flight dynamics - Wikipedia

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    In many flight dynamics applications, the Earth frame is assumed to be inertial with a flat x E,y E-plane, though the Earth frame can also be considered a spherical coordinate system with origin at the center of the Earth. The other two reference frames are body-fixed, with origins moving along with the aircraft, typically at the center of gravity.

  4. Helicopter flight controls - Wikipedia

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    The pedals serve the same function in both a helicopter and an airplane, to maintain balanced flight. This is done by applying a pedal input in the direction necessary to center the ball in the turn and bank indicator. Forward flight in a helicopter has limitations different from a fixed-wing aircraft.

  5. Aircraft principal axes - Wikipedia

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    The position of all three axes, with the right-hand rule for describing the angle of its rotations. An aircraft in flight is free to rotate in three dimensions: yaw, nose left or right about an axis running up and down; pitch, nose up or down about an axis running from wing to wing; and roll, rotation about an axis running from nose to tail.

  6. Transverse flow effect - Wikipedia

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    Transverse flow effect is an aerodynamic effect encountered when a helicopter moves horizontally (typically forward) through the air, which causes the rotor disc to roll to the side. [1] It is also known as transverse roll or inflow roll .

  7. Pitch angle - Wikipedia

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    Pitch angle (kinematics), the rotation about the transverse axis of a stiff body Pitch angle (aviation), an airplane's rotation about its transverse axis; Pitch angle (ship motion), a ship's rotation about its transverse axis; Pitch angle of a spiral, the angle between a spiral and a circle with the same center

  8. Geometric terms of location - Wikipedia

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    Transverse – intersecting at any angle, i.e. not parallel. Orthogonal (or perpendicular) – at a right angle (at the point of intersection). Elevation – along a curve from a point on the horizon to the zenith, directly overhead. Depression – along a curve from a point on the horizon to the nadir, directly below.

  9. Spherical coordinate system - Wikipedia

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    In geography, the latitude is the elevation. Even with these restrictions, if the polar angle (inclination) is 0° or 180°—elevation is −90° or +90°—then the azimuth angle is arbitrary; and if r is zero, both azimuth and polar angles are arbitrary. To define the coordinates as unique, the user can assert the convention that (in these ...