ORIGINAL: hugger-4641
Agreed, dihedral works on Tigers, 4stars, Escapades, Caps, whatever. But he's not building one of these, he's building a Stick, I haven't seen any Sticks with dihedral. Doesn't mean some one hasn't done it, but I believe the Stick was designed without dihedral to achieve the flight characteristics you get by not having it. But I agree, if he wants to go thru the trouble of putting some in, it might handle a little better in normal flying. I still don't think it will be a drastic difference, but it would be fun to find out.
What a Stick has is dihedral effect. A high wing, even if it's a straight wing, will show dihedral effects simply from having the wing above midwing.
So Sticks have "dihedral", like it or not. Placing the wing low without compensation is creating an airplane that does not mimic a Stick. So he's going to create something that isn't a Stick at all.