http://www.futurity.org/science-technology/theres-nothing-lucky-about-catching-flies/ Research news from leading universities Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:20:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.futurity.org/science-technology/theres-nothing-lucky-about-catching-flies/comment-page-1/#comment-6192 Jim Hayes Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:46:52 +0000 http://futurity.org/?p=7801#comment-6192 Researchers should look at flight instructors and racing instructors, since both use similar techniques but from a moving platform. Landing an airplane is easy once you learn the spot where the plane is going to land is the one spot on the ground that is not moving. Once you learn to find that spot and how to move it using the aircraft controls, spot landing is a cinch. I adapted that technique to teaching driving cars on a racetrack, basically teaching drivers how to aim the car, often moving at very high speed and slightly sideways toward the point on the track they wish to go to next. JH Researchers should look at flight instructors and racing instructors, since both use similar techniques but from a moving platform. Landing an airplane is easy once you learn the spot where the plane is going to land is the one spot on the ground that is not moving. Once you learn to find that spot and how to move it using the aircraft controls, spot landing is a cinch. I adapted that technique to teaching driving cars on a racetrack, basically teaching drivers how to aim the car, often moving at very high speed and slightly sideways toward the point on the track they wish to go to next.
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