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Tilting wing?? How does that work? To compensate prop gyro effects? Never heard of this mechanism before. Any explanation? Thanks.
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The Jona J-6 was a very unusual design: not only was it a
cantilever
sesquiplane, its lower wing having a span about two thirds that of the upper wing and having a narrower
chord
but, uniquely, the upper plane was mounted to the
fuselage
so that it could tilt about a longitudinal axis with respect to the rest of the aircraft. The objective was lateral stability; the
ailerons
were linked to the
fuselage
so that if the port wing was raised by a gust its aileron was also raised and that of the starboard wing lowered, automatically correcting the roll.
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