tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jul 26 21:57:12 1996
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Re: attitude control
- From: Roger Cheesbro <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: attitude control
- Date: Sat, 27 Jul 1996 00:58:40 -0400
Dave Yeung wrote:
>... I saw "attitude
>control thrusters". I checked in the dictionary, and whaddyaknow? It
>says the same thing. Should this not be "aLtidude control thrusters", or
>is it really "attitude"...
attitude is correct. In aircraft the angle which the plane is pointing is
refered to as attitude. Just because you are pointing up doesn't mean you
are going up. It's possible to be pointing slightly upward and not affect
altitude. It's pilot talk.
DloraH