Timeline for How much does the fuselage of an airplane contribute to yaw stabilization?
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| Jul 1, 2021 at 21:42 | history | edited | Peter Kämpf | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 29, 2021 at 17:47 | comment | added | Peter Kämpf | @KennSebesta Please spare the effort. I have enough reputation already. | |
| Jun 29, 2021 at 2:28 | comment | added | Kenn Sebesta | I sometimes feel I need to make a fake account just so that I can give these kind of answers more upvotes. | |
| Jun 28, 2021 at 23:15 | comment | added | Peter Kämpf | @JohnK This flat turning was a trick introduced by Oswald Boelcke in the Fokker E.III. The initial instability together with the fully deflected rudder built up the yaw rate so the plane would continue to spin around even when flying sideways. It was not very effective, though, because the high yaw rate in combination with the low rate of fire of their guns would only be good for scaring their pursuers. | |
| Jun 28, 2021 at 19:58 | comment | added | John K | A chum from years ago used to fly a Fokker DR-1 that was owned by a little museum. It was a full size replica, powered with a Lycoming O-320 disguised under the round cowling, so without the gyro effects of a rotary, but in any case he said it was pretty much neutral to slightly negative in yaw and would sit wherever you pointed it, and could perform incredible high rate wings-level skidding turns that felt like you were in a centrifuge. He said it was exhausting to fly, but it was easy to see why Von Richtofen liked it, with its seeming ability to point and shoot in almost any direction. | |
| Jun 28, 2021 at 18:40 | vote | accept | Shack de Shnaek | ||
| Jun 28, 2021 at 18:38 | history | edited | Peter Kämpf | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 28, 2021 at 18:24 | history | edited | Peter Kämpf | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 28, 2021 at 18:16 | history | answered | Peter Kämpf | CC BY-SA 4.0 |