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Old 11-03-2010, 01:00 AM
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Default RE: Dihedral/anhedral effect on lift?

Harold,

Multiplying by the cosine of the dihedral angle should get you close. In most cases, I would expect the lift curve slope (increase in lift per degree of angle of attack) of a wing with dihedral to be a little steeper than for a wing without dihedral of the same span. This is because the wake of a wing with dihedral will be non-planar. In effect, dihedral gives some winglet-like benefits. Bottom line: I would expect the lift to be a little more than 0.94 at 20 degrees.