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Sorry about that, it's been 25 years since my model airplane building days. Jim On 7/10/98 6:39 PM Scatsta wrote: >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 >> >> > >Wrong again. Camber is the shape (x - section) of an aerofoil. Dihedral >is what you're thinking of. 'Negative' dihedral is anhedral. > >Kevin Pickering >kevpix@gl*.co*.uk* > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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'.
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