RCU Forums - View Single Post - do ailerons provide lift?
Thread: do ailerons provide lift?
View Single Post
Old 02-06-2013, 05:18 PM
  #169  
mr_matt
My Feedback: (10)
 
mr_matt's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Oak Park, CA,
Posts: 10,446
Likes: 0
Received 12 Likes on 10 Posts
Default RE: do ailerons provide lift?

ORIGINAL: eddieC
Sorry, but AOA is required for any wing to poduce lift. Zero AOA is the definition of no lift, no matter what airfoil. I suggest a bit more research for a better understanding of AOA.

Are you speaking of the AOA as measured from the chord line to the relative wind?
mr_matt is offline  
Reply Like