I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this, but I was wondering, whether a biplane, on which the top wing is dihedral and the lower wing is anhedral, essential creating a 'X' like shape from the front make the aircraft too stable and thus unable to roll.
My understanding of the 'dihedral effect' is that in a role movement, the aircraft moves towards the lower wing. This sideways movement results in a slip, where the airflow deviates from the aircraft's orientation. With the lower wing being moved forward into the airflow at a greater A.o.A., it generates more lift and moment, which rolls the aircraft back to 'level'.
I'm not exactly sure, how significant the dihedral effect if the dihedral wing is placed on the top and whether the lower anhedral wing would cancel out the maneuverbility created by the top wing. Would the plane be unrollable or perhaps very maneuverble?
https://imgur.com/gallery/n8KIP4s
Today's upgrades are a pair of configurations inspired by a Reddit post I saw today asking about what the K-Wing needs to be more relevant in the game.
I agree that this ship does need a little help outside of point changes to get it back into consistent play, and I feel these 2 configurations would be a massive boon.
I tried to make both configurations work around the SLAM action as the K-Wing was the ship to introduce it to the game, with one configuration allowing the ship to be better at bombing opponents and the other allowing you to keep firing while you run away.
I also decided to give them both a very useful linked white action as well based on each ability, however, because you could use Advanced SLAM along with these linked actions, the configuration also takes up a modification slot.
Apologies if this is the wrong place to post - please correct me and point me in the right direction.
As I understand it, current plans are for future US carrier air wings to include 16 F-35s and 28 Super Hornets, plus 5-7 Growlers (source).
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Why retain large 4th-gen strike fighter wings given their lower survivability and the need for now multiple supply chains/maintenance crews?
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Why retain Growlers given that F-35s are to have the Growlers' EW pods' replacement onboard, plus their current AN/ASQ-239 system?
I know there are very good answers to these questions/reasonings behind the loadout configuration, I just don't know where to find them. Thanks y'all.
Hello,
I am trying to simulate a full aircraft in OpenFOAM, I am able to do this for a clean aircraft (No propeller present). Now I want to simulate the effects of a propeller mounted on the front. How can I do this in OpenFOAM ?
Regards Harish
So, a few days ago I saw the following image posted on r/europe. Now, I am a sucker for these types of images, but one thing which surprised me was that the last three planes (ergo, the eurofighter typhoon, the Rafale M and the Gripen ) all shared a delta wing configuration. Why did designers converge toward this configuration, compared to the wing-tail configuration often used by the americans ?
I am working on a paint scheme for the Dallara D12. Currently, the viewer shows it with road wings. Any way to get it to show oval wings? Just for clarity, I am talking about the nose. Also, super new so please be gentle.
https://preview.redd.it/wjg8byvonv671.png?width=1388&format=png&auto=webp&s=07ace410544a37bfaa5b99efda6d916b5b396ccf
