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Old 11-29-2006, 11:19 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Default Re: aileron differential?

Quote: Originally Posted by ConRadical
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I hope this helps...
Aileron movement can actually yaw the plane. To make the plain roll you're basically causing more lift on one side, that side being the side going up. The side that has less lift generally has less drag which means it'll be trying to move forward while the other wing will try to move backwards, thus yawing the plane. To correct this you use aileron diff, more up than down.
Thanks, but this is my point. When flying level the down aileron is less than the up aileron. when inverted the down aileron is more than the up aileron.

The part that confuses me is a full roll. As soon as the plane is past 90 degrees of the roll what happens to make aileron differential be of any use?
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