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Old 14th Dec 2016, 08:06
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You're no being clear, but if the question is what I think it is:

Dihederal increases the angle of attack (AoA)on the outside wing in yawed flight. So if an aeroplane with dihederal is yawed to the left (left pedal) the AoA of the right wing increases, and the AoA of the left wing decreases - producing a roll moment in the same direction as the yaw. So in principle if an aeroplane is yawed and rolled in the same direction there will be "less lift" (horrible way of describing it) on the down-going wing than there would be if the dihederal wasn't present.

Now you mentioned spinning, but that's a different skillet of sea-bass because in a spinning condition the "down-going wing" is mostly stalled - the loss of lift and increased drag being what produces the autorotating couple. But I'm sure this isn't what you're asking, so could you clarify the question?
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