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Re: Tupolev TU 104 Passenger plane
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Fri, 25 Aug 2006 21:52:05 GMT
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In lugnet.town, Tim David wrote:
   That is a big droop! I thought dihedral was upwards toward the tips, or does it cover both up and down?

Appparently, it does cover both up and down in aeronauctical terms: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=dihedral&x=0&y=0

I guess I always took it to mean down for some reason.



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  Re: Tupolev TU 104 Passenger plane
 
(...) That is a big droop! I thought dihedral was upwards toward the tips, or does it cover both up and down? The Sopwith Camel was always described as having a noticable dihedral on its lower wings combined witha flat upper wing to give it a (...) (18 years ago, 25-Aug-06, to lugnet.town, FTX)

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