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"John Carrier" writes:
Dutch roll is an unavoidable dynamic response, not a desirable
maneuver. It's no more useful than the phugoid. And no more
intentional.

You've never seen Dutch roll til you've seen it at high Mach. Quite
disconcerting @ 1.75 (at this speed, we're supposed to be going straight,
eh?).

On the subject of instability, what was the aerodynamic cause of the X-2's
departure and crash? Adverse yaw + minimal directional stability?

That, and a bit of Roll Coupling, as well.

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Pete Stickney
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