ZERO
REFERENCE FRAMES
CORIOLIS
TURNING AIRCRAFT
ATM BOX
100
1 + SQRT(5)]/2
What is THE GOLDEN MEAN
100
THIS FRAME IS USED BY GPS SATELLITES FOR NAVIGATION
What is EARTH-CENTERED, EARTH FIXED?
100
IF A ROCKET IS SHOT STRAIGHT SOUTH FROM THE EQUATOR, IT WILL ACCELERATE IN THIS DIRECTION OVER EARTH'S SURFACE DUE TO CORIOLIS FORCE.
What is WEST?
100
IN A LEVEL TURN, THIS IS ONE OVER THE COSINE OF PHI
What ARE THE G'S?
100
IF WIND EXISTS, THIS VECTOR DEFINES THE THREE SIDES OF THE ATMOSPHERIC BOX.
What is TRUE VELOCITY? OR WHAT ARE THE BODY COMPONENTS OF TRUE VELOCITY?
200
THIS GREEK PHILOSOPHER HELD RATIONALITY TO BE IN RATIOS, THE PERFECT RATIO BEING DEMONSTRATED BY A MUSICAL STRING
WhO IS PYTHAGORAS
200
THESE LETTERS ARE USED FOR GYRO OUTPUTS IN BODY COORDINATES
What is P, Q, AND R
200
NO MATTER HOW A VECTOR IS ROTATING, ITS RATE OF CHANGE WILL ALWAYS BE MEASURED IDENTICALLY IN ANY REFERENCE FRAME WHERE THIS CONDITION EXISTS.
What ARE REFERENCE FRAMES NOT ROTATING WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER?
200
AN AIRCRAFT IN THIS TYPE OF TURN WILL "SKID" IF RIGHT RUDDER IS APPLIED.
What is A RIGHT TURN?
200
THE WIND TRIANGLE RELATES THESE TWO VECTORS
What is TRUE VELOCITY AND EARTH-REFERENCED VELOCITY?
300
KILLED BY A ROMAN SOLDIER IN SYRACUSE, THIS PHILOSOPHER NEARLY DISCOVERED THE MATH CONCEPT OF LIMITS.
WhO IS ARCHIMEDES
300
THIS FORCE IS NOT CAPABLE OF BEING MEASURED BY INSTRUMENTATION IN AN AEROSPACE VEHICLE.
What is THE FORCE OF GRAVITY
300
THIS IS THE NAME OF A MANEUVER THAT ALLOWS AN AIRCRAFT TO LINE UP WITH A RUNWAY DURING LANDING DESPITE A STRONG CROSSWIND.
What is A SLIP?
300
THE ANGLE OF ATTACK IS "ALWAYS" IN THIS REFERENCE PLANE RELATIVE TO THE AIRCRAFT
What is THE AIRCRAFT'S VERTICAL PLANE?
400
THE ACCEPTED COUNTRY OF ORIGIN OF ZERO USED AS A NUMBER, AND NOT AS MERELY A PLACEHOLDER
What is INDIA
400
THESE TWO FRAMES DEFIND ANGLE OF ATTACK
What is BODY FRAME AND STABILITY FRAME
400
THIS COMMON NAME IS GIVEN TO THE ACCELERATION OF MASS GRAVITATION WHEN CENTRIPETAL ACCELERATION IS SUBTRACTED FROM IT.
What is LOCAL GRAVITY?
400
THIS IS THE EFFECT OF WEIGHT ON THE TURN RATE OF AN AIRCRAFT IN A LEVEL, TWO "G" TURN.
What is NO EFFECT?
400
THE ARCTAN OF THESE TWO TRUE VELOCITY BODY COMPONENTS DEVINE SIDESLIP BETA.
What is V AND SQRT (W-SQUARED PLUS U-SQPARED)?
500
IN 525AD THIS MONK WAS TASKED BY POPE JOHN 1ST TO CALCULATE WHEN CHRIST WAS BORN AND TO DETERMINE THE DATE FOR EASTER FOR THE NEXT TWO HUNDRED YEARS
WhO IS DIONYSIUS
500
THESE TWO FRAMES DEFINE SIDESLIP ANGLE "BETA"
What is STABILITY FRAME AND AIR-PATH FRAME
500
THIS IS THE MEANING OF "FEN" IN THE "FEN" EQUATION.
What is THE FUNDAMENTAL EQUATION OF NAVIGATION?
500
THIS OCCURS WHEN HEADING IS UNDEFINED.
What is GIMBAL LOCK, OR THETA OF PLUS OR MINUS 90 DEGREES.
500
THIS CALCULUS FORMULA FOR DERIVATIVE SHOWS HOW TO FIND ALPHA-DOT IN TERMS OF TRUE VELOCITY COMPONENTS "W" AND "U" FOR SMALL ANGLES.
What is (UDV - VDU)/ V-SQUARED