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Old 07-27-2005 | 02:42 PM
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Strykaas
 
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Default RE: Does dihedral increase drag ?

I have the answer. Pigeons feature an amazingly complex feature. I mean, they not only have variable wing span, but their wings can just morph during flight (till now no human aircraft manufaturer has succeeded in doing such a fine mechanism). During gliding, true, they use some kind of really high dihedral configuration (just a lazy way to keep a constant heading), but they tend to alter this dihedral during high speed flight.

Thank you GOD for creating such beautiful aircraft !!!