Friday 2010-10-15 Dev. update and Discussion

[robday]

Originally Posted by Xilon_x

GLIDER airplane not fly if not have Wind.

Gliders need forward motion through the air to generate lift, just like any other aircraft. They will fly in still air just as well as in a wind. Ultimately it's gravity that powers gliders.

[WTE_Galway]

Originally Posted by robday

Gliders need forward motion through the air to generate lift, just like any other aircraft. They will fly in still air just as well as in a wind. Ultimately it's gravity that powers gliders.

Unless you live in ubizoo land where apparently lift creates forward motion Warning the following thread is bad for your mental health ....

http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/t...4721073388/p/2

Either way, gliders do not drop like a stone the instant the wind stops blowing