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Old 3rd April 2002 | 17:11
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Dockjock
 
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Additionally, stability is inversely proportional to manoeverability ie. (as alluded to above) an aircraft with very high roll stability will also have a very low roll rate.

Negative or neutral roll stability is built into fighter aircraft (then compensated for with stability computers for "normal" operations) to facilitate better manoeverability and thus better performance in combat situations.
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