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Old 18th Aug 2003, 03:49
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bookworm
 
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Would it have helped if I'd written "but after that the net rolling moment is zero" -- in other words the rolling moment from the ailerons is equal and opposite to the rolling moment from the roll damping. Looking at what that means for the wings, it implies that they are producing the same lift.
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