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Old 09-22-2019, 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by ghrocketman
Possibly. Dihedral tends to dampen the roll axis.


Oh, didn't know that. I thought it only functioned that way in horizontal flight, didn't realize it affected vertical trajectory as well.
Easily fixed though, it's already a polyhedral wing with enough space to put in another canted panel if need be.
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