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Old 12th Jun 2004, 17:24
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Sez Nick:
Here is a nice discussion of why dihedral works:
http://members.rogers.com/maxf/ftaf3.pdf
Yes, very interesting discussion of fixed-wing dihedral effects.

An airplane with zero dihedral would exhibit very little yaw/roll coupling. Also, airplanes do not have a hinge where the wings and fuselage meet, as the 212 does.

So how does a discussion of dihedral relate to helicopters? Or I guess my question is "how much dihedral does a helicopter rotor have?"
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