X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 13:58:06 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mail-relay-2.tiscali.it ([213.205.33.42] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0c1) with ESMTP id 669427 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 15 Aug 2005 11:01:31 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=213.205.33.42; envelope-from=robert.overmars@tiscali.it Received: from trottolino (62.11.19.162) by mail-relay-2.tiscali.it (7.2.063) id 42D2964B0028C4C9 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 15 Aug 2005 16:59:50 +0200 X-Original-Message-ID: <003501c5a1aa$661e4820$a2130b3e@interbusiness.it> From: "Robert Overmars" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" Subject: one winged plane X-Original-Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 17:02:45 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0032_01C5A1BB.287A7F00" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0032_01C5A1BB.287A7F00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Saluti tutti, following on from the torqued to death thread... try this little thought = experiment an aeroplane weighing 4,000lbs, full span huge ailerons, with a huge = engine producing an enormous torque, lets say 4,000lbs at the wing = centre span. In flight the torque is balanced by the port aileron down = producing 2,000lbs of extra lift, and the stbd aileron up producing = 2,000lbs of negative (down) lift. The stbd wing net lift is now zero so = unbolt it and let it go. Voila! the one wing plane. ciao, Roberto d'Italia. ------=_NextPart_000_0032_01C5A1BB.287A7F00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Saluti = tutti,
 
following on from the = torqued to=20 death thread... try this little thought experiment
 
an aeroplane weighing = 4,000lbs, full=20 span huge ailerons, with a huge engine producing an enormous = torque, lets=20 say 4,000lbs at the wing centre span. In flight the torque is balanced = by the=20 port aileron down producing 2,000lbs of extra lift, and the stbd aileron = up=20 producing 2,000lbs of negative (down) lift. The stbd wing net lift = is now=20 zero so unbolt it and let it go. Voila! the one wing plane.
 
ciao,
 
 Roberto = d'Italia.
 
 
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