On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 23:02:58 GMT, "Dallas"
wrote:
Would anyone care to comment on the accuracy of this illustration of how
wing dihedral works from a 1981 Jeppesen Sanderson book.
http://makeashorterlink.com/?B25A35DCC
The accompanying statement reads:
"When an aircraft with dihedral rolls so that one wind is lower than the
other, the lower wing will have more effective lift than the raised wing
because it is not tilted from the horizontal as much. The imbalance in lift
tends to raise the lower wing and restore level flight."
Try this illustration from NASA:
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-367/f144.htm
Don