Originally Posted by
dcoded
Hey guys..
-Because they wanted to reduce some of the stability, thus anhedral angle
Ok, but look at the C172, it has not got anhedral angle, why does it not??
And still nobody answered it:
"Reducing lateral stability makes the airplane more maneuverable,etc (good thing) but if you reduce it too much w.r.t. directional stability the airplane will become spiral-prone (bad thing). I suspect C172 designers felt they had enough maneuverability without adding an anhedral and an extra risk of spinning"