Can some of you Dr. explain why Aircraft uses Inverted Controls? Meaning you pull back to fly up & push front to go down? Why not the other way round?
Science Why in Aircraft Up is Down, Down is Up?, Inverted control
Science Why in Aircraft Up is Down, Down is Up?, Inverted control
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Sep 24 2012, 09:11 PM, updated 14y ago
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Can some of you Dr. explain why Aircraft uses Inverted Controls? Meaning you pull back to fly up & push front to go down? Why not the other way round?
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Sep 24 2012, 10:33 PM
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I'm no expert at all haha, but I do play some flight simulator games
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Sep 25 2012, 09:30 AM
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QUOTE(advocado @ Sep 24 2012, 09:11 PM) Can some of you Dr. explain why Aircraft uses Inverted Controls? Meaning you pull back to fly up & push front to go down? Why not the other way round? I'm only guessing here, but it's probably because of how the first aircraft control surfaces were wired up. Pulling up the stick causes a wire to pull the flaps down, and cause the aircraft to go up. After a while, this become convention, and everyone follows it.But what do you mean the controls are inverted. It isn't. You pull up to go up, you push down to go down. Would you prefer that you pull up to go down, and push down to go up? Would you also prefer that you turn right to go left, and turn left to go right? |
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Sep 25 2012, 02:59 PM
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Maybe in Aircraft inverted is up = up, down = down, but outside aircraft inverted up = down, down = up.
Is there a small article to explain? I googled but found not a single page of solution. Unbelievable. QUOTE(dkk @ Sep 25 2012, 09:30 AM) I'm only guessing here, but it's probably because of how the first aircraft control surfaces were wired up. Pulling up the stick causes a wire to pull the flaps down, and cause the aircraft to go up. After a while, this become convention, and everyone follows it. But what do you mean the controls are inverted. It isn't. You pull up to go up, you push down to go down. Would you prefer that you pull up to go down, and push down to go up? Would you also prefer that you turn right to go left, and turn left to go right? |
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Sep 25 2012, 11:03 PM
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QUOTE(advocado @ Sep 25 2012, 02:59 PM) Maybe in Aircraft inverted is up = up, down = down, but outside aircraft inverted up = down, down = up. Is there a small article to explain? I googled but found not a single page of solution. Unbelievable. It is only logic to push is going down because if you are facing down pulled by gravity, your instinct is to pull up to level the plane not push down some more to go up. |
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