There's a quote I've repeated on HN a few times regarding ship handling and navigation:
"The Art of ship handling involves the effective use of forces under control to overcome the effect of forces not under control."
-- Charles H. Cotter
I ran across this as the end-quote of a YouTube video showing sea pilot training using scaled-down ships in a physical environment, though I've been unable to find that specific video again. It almost certainly featured Port Revel, in France, and was posted prior to 2017-12-19, when I first noted that quote in a Google+ post. I've just re-searched YouTube trying to find the video in question without joy. My earliest mention on HN is from 2018: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16485451>. FastGPT keeps pointing me either directly or indirectly at my own HN references.
That should be public domain as it's a publication of the US Department of Transportation.
Ah, and source! A slightly different variant is in The Apprentice and His Ship, by Charles H. Cotter, 1963, p. 297. Google's preview gives only a partial quote:
"The art of ship handling involves the use of forces that come under the pilot's direct control in order to neutralize, if necessary, the..."
Regarding flight, I've learnt that pilots launching from aircraft carriers do so with their hands off the control stick until the craft is airborne. You can see this distinctly in the following video (launch commences at 42s): <https://yewtu.be/watch?v=HBYzzkiEVVs>
That's explained in this article, with the practice adopted to avoid pilot-induced oscillation on take-off:
The notion of "going with the flow* is central to many physical, and nonphysical, activities. Cyclists, surfers, skiers, race-car drivers, and others know that there are times you simply allow the environment to direct you, whilst exerting a minimum amount of control. Rigidity in such cases means disaster. Similar concepts exist in business, law, government, and aging.
There's a quote I've repeated on HN a few times regarding ship handling and navigation:
"The Art of ship handling involves the effective use of forces under control to overcome the effect of forces not under control."
-- Charles H. Cotter
I ran across this as the end-quote of a YouTube video showing sea pilot training using scaled-down ships in a physical environment, though I've been unable to find that specific video again. It almost certainly featured Port Revel, in France, and was posted prior to 2017-12-19, when I first noted that quote in a Google+ post. I've just re-searched YouTube trying to find the video in question without joy. My earliest mention on HN is from 2018: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16485451>. FastGPT keeps pointing me either directly or indirectly at my own HN references.
Google Books finds a quote in print in Technical Basis for Maneuvering Performance Standards (1982): <https://www.google.com/books/edition/Technical_Basis_for_Man...>
Worldcat: <https://www.worldcat.org/title/9026016>
That should be public domain as it's a publication of the US Department of Transportation.
Ah, and source! A slightly different variant is in The Apprentice and His Ship, by Charles H. Cotter, 1963, p. 297. Google's preview gives only a partial quote:
"The art of ship handling involves the use of forces that come under the pilot's direct control in order to neutralize, if necessary, the..."
Worldcat: <https://www.worldcat.org/title/4763481?oclcNum=4763481>
(No copies on IA or LibGen.)
(The deep-dive search is mostly a favour to Future Me who will doubtless seek references yet again.)
Amongst the better videos on Port Revel and its 1:25 scale models is this from NatGeo in 2016, lacking my quote:
<https://yewtu.be/watch?v=tEDrFiQq1_k>
Regarding flight, I've learnt that pilots launching from aircraft carriers do so with their hands off the control stick until the craft is airborne. You can see this distinctly in the following video (launch commences at 42s): <https://yewtu.be/watch?v=HBYzzkiEVVs>
That's explained in this article, with the practice adopted to avoid pilot-induced oscillation on take-off:
<https://theaviationgeekclub.com/us-navy-f-a-18-pilot-explain...>
The notion of "going with the flow* is central to many physical, and nonphysical, activities. Cyclists, surfers, skiers, race-car drivers, and others know that there are times you simply allow the environment to direct you, whilst exerting a minimum amount of control. Rigidity in such cases means disaster. Similar concepts exist in business, law, government, and aging.