An open letter to British people.
Apr. 12th, 2006 11:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
People of the United Kingdom,
It's come to my attention that in aerospace engineering contexts, you may be using a different set of reference axes for discussing space. And I say unto you, verily -- right, up, and forward are positive. Please correct any practices you might be employing that describe "down" with positive numbers. To do otherwise would be unconscionable, especially in light of our shared cultural heritage with respect to such fundamental concepts as positivity.
Thanks in advance,
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-- alexr
It's come to my attention that in aerospace engineering contexts, you may be using a different set of reference axes for discussing space. And I say unto you, verily -- right, up, and forward are positive. Please correct any practices you might be employing that describe "down" with positive numbers. To do otherwise would be unconscionable, especially in light of our shared cultural heritage with respect to such fundamental concepts as positivity.
Thanks in advance,
--
-- alexr
Go-go Gadget Nerdiness!
Date: 2006-04-13 03:53 am (UTC)Give 'em Hell. Or Hades. Or whatever.
no subject
Date: 2006-04-13 04:18 am (UTC)you are building spaceship?
Date: 2006-04-13 12:25 pm (UTC)Good open letter.
no subject
Date: 2006-04-14 02:27 am (UTC)stupid klaus!
Date: 2006-04-14 02:53 am (UTC)but sewwiously, thats the way it is, down is positive for the purposes of yaw pitch roll. Alot of modern flight sims don't do it that way, but thats just for programming purposes (i think they did it wrong and realized), they also do transformations so the equations written in the classic system work. I know its silly, but thats the way it be.
Re: stupid klaus!
Date: 2006-04-14 02:28 pm (UTC)