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Old 18th January 2012 | 06:56
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From: EGDC
D3 - could you explain and expand on that theory?

A wider and lower skid/wheelbase gives an improved static stability so that you have a restoring moment for longer as the fuselage starts to roll - you have to create a bigger rolling moment with more cyclic/collective to get into dynamic rollover.

With a high and narrow skid you would lose that restoring moment very quickly thus the aircraft would be more prone to dynamic rollover with less cyclic displacement.
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