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June 5th 08, 02:54 PM
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negative dihedral
On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 22:53:30 -0700 (PDT), "Robert M. Gary"
wrote: Q2: Does anyone have a design rationalization *for such a configuration, as opposed to just zero dihedral? I can appreciate why fighters have it -- they exploit lack of aerodynamic stability for rapid *maneuvers -- but transports that spend their whole life being straight and level are another issue. Negative dihedral provides a place to hang bombs ala the USNavy's A-7 Corsair II. Yeah, there's no way you could hang bombs on a wing with positive dihedral, like the A-1 Skyraider. :-) Ron Wanttaja 
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June 5th 08, 06:15 PM
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negative dihedral
On Jun 5, 6:54*am, Ron Wanttaja wrote:
Yeah, there's no way you could hang bombs on a wing with positive dihedral, like the A-1 Skyraider. :-) Are you comparing the BB's that the A-1 carried with the real toys that the A-7 held?  -Robert
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