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A headwind makes it harder to advance in the direction you're going. I think you might have meant to say "there is a strong tailwind towards memory safety".
by estebank 23d ago
A headwind makes it harder to advance in the direction you're going. I think you might have meant to say "there is a strong tailwind towards memory safety".
- eterm 23d agoYou're right, I better do a 360 on my comment ;)
- foolswisdom 23d agoA 180 might be more useful :)
- andsoitis 22d agooh boy, maybe geometry intuitions and spatial reasoning are what's really needed.
- tigerlily 22d agoOr maybe a nice sabbatical aboard a sailboat expedition.
- imp0cat 22d agoOr maybe not, because that's where confusing 180 and 360 degrees or headwind and tailwing will REALLY bite you.
- lazyasciiart 22d agoSure, but if you come back, you'll have really learned that stuff!
- shermantanktop 22d agoDo it twice to be sure
- spacechild1 22d agoThat was obviously a joke...
- fuzztester 22d agothe cool way is turn 90 or 270 degrees n then do tacking. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacking_(sailing) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacking_(sailing)
- rotringlvr 22d ago[dead]
- odo1242 23d ago> A headwind makes it harder to advance in the direction you're going nit: except in aviation
- delta_p_delta_x 23d agoAlso in aviation, but with caveats; you want to take off and land with a headwind, because the headwind gives a greater airspeed which means greater lift.
- odo1242 23d agoAh
- aaronmdjones 22d agoThis is true for takeoffs but not for landings. You want to land with a headwind because this means that for the same airspeed you have a lower groundspeed, i.e. when you actually touch down you're going slower on the runway than if you touched down at the same airspeed but with a tailwind.
- peterfirefly 22d agoIn other words, it's because of the greater lift.
- aaronmdjones 22d agoNo. Your calculated landing speed doesn't change depending on the winds, so you'll always be touching down at roughly the same airspeed for the same aircraft type, weight, and flap setting. Touching down with a headwind just means you don't need to use the brakes as hard. It's beneficial on takeoff because headwind already factors into your airspeed before you even start rolling, which gives you more lift for the same groundspeed yes, enabling you to rotate sooner than you otherwise would.
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