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Old September 2nd 04, 08:23 AM
Bert Willing
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That's nonsense. Spin/autrotation is all about one wing (partially) stalled,
and the other not. It's not about drag.

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Bert Willing

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"Chris OCallaghan" a écrit dans le message de
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Here's another argument. The vertical stabilizer provides a great deal
of yaw stability, even at very low speeds. To start autorotation, you
need a source of drag at the tip greater than the normal differential
to be expected resulting from span effect in a turn. That we don't