On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 02:23:14 GMT, Guy Alcala
wrote:

" wrote:

Mike Marron wrote:

"Gord Beaman" ) wrote:

how can a wing's design decide that?...I'd think that only the
elevators could control the AOA?.

Also see: F-8 Crusader

-Mike Marron


Why?

An example of an a/c that was able to vary its wing's angle of
incidence in flight. This was presumably intended to be read as
followup to his other message, where he postulates that Al Minyard
was referring to AoI rather than AoA, but that assumes you're
familiar with the F-8. I have a slightly different reading of Al's
intent, but we can let Al tell us what he meant.

Guy

Yep, I meant AoI, but my source called it AoA, so I slavishly copied
it that way. I agree that the F-8 was somewhat unique in its ability
to vary the AoI. Of course, with the fuselage horizontal pitch at 0,
AoI equals AoA :-)

Al Minyard