EVERY time I turn on a light switch ... "I Believe" the light will come on .... and I ain't no pussy.
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Aerodynamics for Naval Aviators
- Thread starter Tex_Hill
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Congrats. I am an information systems major out of Florida and yet I have somehow still managed to do pretty well for myself with this derned aviating. OK, seriously...engineers are no better suited for being aviators than your average history major. Does anyone really believe differently? Everything you need to know about aero has been dumbed down so that even us cavemen can understand it.
I like this sentiment.
Tex: too much knowledge can be a dangerous thing.
"Put it away. That's the last time you will need to open this fine book to fly airplanes for the Navy.... "
And he was right.
I like this sentiment too. Case in point: I remember going over fluid flow for a cylinder in my PDE class. I've written out the arguments from my notes as a cautionary tale about wanting to chuck the "I believe" button completely (Originally we went over it because a lot of people think lift is created because the path of the fluid flow is longer above the airfoil than below it, which isn't theoretically true)...or become a physics or math major
. Unfortunately, I referred to a textbook once or twice so I don't think posting it would be appropriate for copyright reasons.Suffice it to say that no matter what level of understanding you have of a technical subject (aerodynamics included) you're always accepting some things on faith unless you are a scientist or engineer...sometimes even if you are
. Still, if you're interested, then why not try and learn a little deeper than required...it certainly isn't guaranteed to help you, but I don't think it would HURT, would it?
