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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.
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