Talk:Aircraft flight mechanics

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[edit] Merge

It/s been suggested that this article be merged with Flight controls, and I support this. See Talk:Flight controls. DJ Clayworth 17:49, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

Under the "Airplane Control and Movement" paragraph, who is this Andrew Davis who is alleged to be "the creator of the first real airplane"?

Thanks for bringing it up. I reverted the test edit. — TheKMan^talk 06:31, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

No if anything flight controls should be merged with this, while this is hardly complete, the dynamics of flight is a more fundamental subject than flight controls. What I mean is flight controls could be a sub topic of the Aircraft flight mechanics main topic.Pubuman 21:37, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

I agree. Dynamics of Flight is broader than Flight Controls. Jonathon Barton 03:01, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Aerodynamics section

Also...what's the deal with the bottom section, claiming that the most common explanation (like, the one they teach you in Flight School) of "How Things Fly" is false, yet, not offering a single documented example of HOW it's false, or even what the alternative explanation of what the physics of flight really are. Jonathon Barton 03:01, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

This article has a lot of problems, including this one. That section really doesn't belong in this article. If you're seeking an explanation as to the content of that section, checkout lift (force), and specifically the Equal transit-time fallacy. As to the article, if I have some time this weekend, I'll try to fix it up some. User:!jim^talk _contribs 08:31, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Aerodynamics

The two paragraphs under Aerodynamics cover the equal-transit time theory. This has no relevance to Aircraft flight mechanics and I believe it should be deleted.

The equal-transit time theory already has extensive coverage in at least three places:

• Equal transit-time
  
• Misunderstandings about the generation of lift
  
• List of works with the equal transit-time fallacy

Is there any objection to simply deleting the material from Aircraft flight mechanics? Dolphin51 (talk) 09:13, 29 April 2008 (UTC)