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Airplane with 2 wings stacked on top of each other.
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Why does wingwalking use only biplanes?
It was only possible on a biplane because there was structure and wires to hang on to. … They have a brace to let someone stand up above the fuselage, but you won't see any of them walking out along the wing to the tip without any kind of aids, as you do on a biplane. …
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Compression and tension members of a biplane wing
It's not a tension member in that sense. This is a pin jointed truss with flexible tenion-only diagonals. The lower wing is a non-cantilevered beam, that is, supported at both ends, so it will bow u …
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What is this strut in biplane rigging, attached only to wires, not bearing any load?
It's just a stick set between the flying and landing wires (the "wires" are actually solid stainless steel rods with an almond cross section for streamlining - they are VERY expensive). Normally they …
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How does the "pendulum effect" affect biplanes?
Pendulum effect is a bit of a misnomer. What is thought of as "pendulum effect" is actually just a favourable rolling moment that can be generated during sideslip if the center of mass is a large dis …
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What is the function of interplane strut of a Biplane?
It carries compression. The compression force is the share of the lower panel's lift being borne by the interplane strut's connection to the lower wing. So to calculate the compression load for, say …
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Wing dihedral in a biplane
There's a line of airplanes that have already done it, at least a bit.
The Rutan tandem wing Quickie designs are exactly that configuration, except that the wings are radically staggered because the f …
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