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Old 09-10-2003 | 03:32 PM
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Default RE: Do larger planes handle wind better?

Turbulence also causes angular disturbances (roll, pitch, yaw) which are smaller on a large aircraft because the moments of inertia grow faster with size than the forces/moments exerted by the turbulence (moment of inertia grows as length^2 while moment due to gust on tail, for example, grows as length).