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Old 9th Sep 2002, 11:05
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TURIN
 
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Back in the 80s I used to fly hang-gliders and as the developement of these a/c progressed, the first type started to appear with no vertical surface at all. So you effectivley had a flying wing. All of a sudden pilots were complaining about dutch roll as the a/c was flown at speed. It became apparent that it was pilot induced and once this was known pilots learned a different technique and all was well.

I only add this as a note of interest but it does beg the question, how does a tail-less a/c such as the B2 damp out DR?

I can only assume it is by independent and computer controlled use of aileron, am I right?

Or do the pilots just lean over one way to weight shift it back to normal?
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