Talk:Load factor (aerodynamics)

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[edit] Claim of copyright violation

On 12 March 2008 the Introduction to Load factor (aerodynamics) was deleted on the grounds that it violated copyright in relation to the following website. It has been suggested that I might re-write the area that was deleted.

When Load factor (aerodynamics) was created on 21 May 2007 it appears to have been a copy of the text at the above website. On 21 August 2007 I significantly amended the article. (I think my amendments brought about an improvement. The amendments certainly moved the Introduction away from the text of the above website.)

On 12 March I restored the recently deleted Introduction. I would appreciate the views of others as to whether the Introduction still carries a risk of copyright violation, and whether the Introduction needs to be re-written. I would also appreciate ideas on what a new Introduction might look like. Dolphin51 (talk) 23:31, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the note here. Let's proceed forward and clean up the article. I'll do some wiki work, but I cannot copyedit too much because the subject matter is out of my field. Keep up the good work, Kingturtle (talk) 02:39, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] weight or mass?

Is weight correct here? Kingturtle (talk) 02:58, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi again Kingturtle. I'm very happy to help polish this article. I will do some work on it in the next day or two. Yes, weight is correct here. Load factor is a ratio. More particularly, it is the ratio of two forces - the lift force acting on the aircraft and the weight of the aircraft. Consequently it is a dimensionless ratio - the number of G. If it were the ratio of lift to mass it would be an acceleration and have units such as metres per second squared. Dolphin51 (talk) 07:31, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Can you make a note of that in the article? Cheers, Kingturtle (talk) 11:50, 13 March 2008 (UTC)