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If an airplane is flying north, from what direction would the wind be blowing to most effectively cause the aircraft to veer toward the east?
What sort of path would it follow for the first second or so?
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If an airplane is flying north, than in order for the aircraft to veer toward the east, a wind would have to come from the north west. If the wind was simply coming from the
west, the airplane would still be parallel to north, but the path of the aircraft would be going east.
If the the wind is blowing on the airplane from the west at each tip of the aircraft, it wouldn't turn. and the wind would just push it along parallel to north.
but if wind was blowing from a north west on each tip, the aricraft would begin to rotate.
For the first second or so, the nose of the airplane would still be pointed in the northern direction, but the path of the aircraft would be toward the east.
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If the wind keeps shifting so as to remain perpendicular to the direction of motion what path will the airplane follow?
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If the wind keeps shifting to remain perpendicular to the direction of motion, the plane would start making circles
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