Originally Posted by
Hydro Junkie
The difference with a Piper Cherokee is it's a low wing aircraft that needs that dihedral to be stable in level flight. A high wing design doesn't need anywhere near the dihedral since all of the plane's weight is below the wing, not above it, making it generally much more stable to begin with
You are correct with the high wing VS low wing and the different dihedral requirements between the two. However the topic is the affect dihedral has on aileron response. My post was to illustrate that you could easily go 10 degrees of dihedral without adversely affecting aileron performance.