What many of you forget is that the aircraft has inertia -
when it passes from one column of air to another it will try
to keep equilibrium: So when entering the air the main wing
will have an increased angle of attack for a while, thus
producing more lift and slowling down a little. When the
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From: Jack Suder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2000 12:14 PM
To: Paul Klissner; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject:RE: [RCSE] On Step
Think of the plane as being set to a "neutral AOA" in a wind tunne
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Subject: RE: [RCSE] On Step
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From: Jack Suder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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Subject: Re: [RCSE] On Step
Rodger Hamer wrote:
Can somebody explain to me why when in good lift the tail
ris
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You have got to be joking!
How does a weather vane work? It wants to point into the wind. The tail
of a sailplane is essentially a weather vane. The sailplane is pivoting
about the CG and the tailb
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Subject: Re: [RCSE] On Step
You have got to be joking!
How does a weather vane work? It wants to point into the wind. The tail
of a sailplane is essentially a weather vane. The sailplane is pivoting
about the CG
Before the heavy-weights weigh in here, here's my guess: both explanations
are correct, but the tail has the greater effect. As the plane enters
lifting air, both the wing and the tail experience an increase in AOA
(relative to airflow). The wing itself will tend to correct (nose down) to
return
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Subject: Re: [RCSE] On Step
Rodger Hamer wrote:
Can somebody explain to me why when in good lift the tail
rises and
the
plane appears "on step"
Seems like there's a lot of opi
on the
ground?
Rodger
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