[NSRCA-discussion] Aileron Differential

[Keith Hoard]

The Coriolis Effect . . . .

On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 5:53 PM, Nat Penton <natpenton at centurytel.net> wrote:

>  Some of you guys covered the following in various ways.
>
> There is drag due to lift because the lift vector ( force ) is not
> perpendicular to the flight direction. Drag is a function of lift and that
> component of the lift vector in the flight direction is called induced drag.
>
> Up, and down, both ailerons produce drag, but in unequal amounts if the
> wing is in lift mode. The difference in drag for pattern airplanes is small
> because of low wingloading ( low AOA ).
>
> The symmetrical airfoil plays a role in keeping the drag differential low
> because, to generate equal lift , upright to inverted, requires a different
> AOA for the non-symmetrical section.
>
> What did I forget?        Nat
>
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Keith Hoard
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