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Old 12-19-2008 | 10:47 AM
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Default RE: How to check for dihedral in wing?


ORIGINAL: flaminheli

I am not trying to sound rude but if you are advanced enough to fly an Edge then it seems you would know how to check for dihedral. If you hold one wing panel down flat on a level flat surface then the other wing panel should also lay flat. If you hold one panel down flat and the opposite panel rises up off of the flat surface then you have dihedral.
Hey, this is the age of the ARF. Let's cut the guy some slack. Us older guys had to build what we flew and as a result, needed to know all these terms to understand the plans. Not so anymore. Most planes don't even have good manuals much less plans.

Minnflyer, very nice explanation and diagrams. Wish I could do that on my computer. I'm still learning to type.