No, that is a natural tendency of all airplanes in a circling flight. The inside wing travels at a slower speed and requires a higher AoA than the outside wing to produce the same amount of lift. Outside aileron deflection equalizes the lift. The amount of deflection depends on the turning radius and speed. Very slow flying planes (low wing lowding) are capable of very small turn radii and will need a lot of outside aileron in a circling flight. A laterally stable plane (with enough dihedral) can fly in a circling path without the outside ailerons deflection, but only at the expence of some sliding into the circle and the resulting extra drag. In other words, if you are not using some "in" rudder and "out" ailerons during a circling flight, you are not flying efficiently.
Regards, Oleg. >From: Jim Carlton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >I may be incorrect but I thought a properly set up and aerodynamically stable >plane shouldn't require "outside" aileron. As soon as you neutralize the >ailerons, shouldn't the plane maintain it's bank angle? >Maybe in a "perfect" setup but I know a lot of my ships I have had to manually >fly this way, too. I always assumed it was due to poor setup (differential, >throw volume, rigging, etc) or design. > >Jim RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
