People often refer to the four forces in navigation as weight, lift, thrust and drag. Are there separate names for the forces acting upon the side of a craft?
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As we engineers are extremely boring people, and given the fact that a name seems not to be available, we generally refer to them simply as "side forces".
Or, at least, I never encountered a different term on any of the textbooks that I have read.
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1$\begingroup$ Lateral and sometimes transverse or cross- are also used to qualify these forces. $\endgroup$ – mins Apr 17 '16 at 9:32
vertical and opposed to weight
. Lift is perpendicular to the airflow. $\endgroup$ – Federico♦ Apr 18 '16 at 6:53