What kind of path does a landing plane take? Is there a way to figure out how steep that path is?
In this video, the trajectory a plane takes while landing can be seen as the slope of a line. The plane is descending along a linear path.
In this video, the trajectory a plane takes while landing can be seen as the slope of a line. The plane is descending along a linear path.
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As a plane lands its trajectory is a downward linear slope.
Even if we only know a few points along that line we can find the mathematical slope. The slope is the vertical distance over horizontal distance between 2 points.
