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Ummmm, I think you mean dihedral... Tim On Thu, 9 Jul 1998, Jim Cobb wrote: > Airplanes use a concept called "Camber", which is the horizontal angle > one wing has to the other. The more camber the wings have the more stable > the airplane but the less maneuverable. Stunt planes have a very low or > even negative camber, but they are very hard to fly and will wear you out > trying to keep them straight and level. > > As I don't tend to spin around on my axis frequently when I dive I prefer > a the reasonable "camber" that a set of standard wings provide. I tend to > dive with my tanks up and my face down looking for goodies and lobsters > on the bottom. To me the bondage results in negative camber which does > not suit my style of diving. > > Jim > > > Sender: Mike Zimmerman Date: 7/9/98 1:17 PM > > >Think about it this way Jim... if at little away from you is better than > >closer to you, then why not go whole hog... put your buoyancy device > >10 feet above you... or 20 feet... as I see it, it should come down to > >simple lever mechanics.... lift 10 lbs in your hand. Now put > >10 lbs at the end of a 20ft rod and try to lift it.. it will > >be harder. The same should hold true (I would expect) for > >the bouyancy. To roll over you have to force a buoyant mass to > >go deeper than it wants to. Again, the further from the center > >of rotation, the harder it should be. > > > >Mike > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Learn About Trimix at http://www.cisatlantic.com/trimix/trimix.html > > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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