[WWI] Added:Nieuport 28 and more!

Tom Mason tom.mason at charter.net
Thu Aug 2 01:07:28 EDT 2007


Scott,

I had no intention of making an issue out of this.
The Corsair and Stuka are inverted gull wings as compared to the PLZ 11 
which is a gull wing.

T.O.M.
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> I have seen the term "anhedral" used before.  The example that comes to
> mind refers to the nose wings on Formula 1 cars.  I would think that this
> could also be applied to the Corsair and/or Stuka.
> Maybe it's anhedral if you want it... and negative dihedral if you don't?
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> Andy,
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> I am going by what I have read on aerodynamics. They all state that the
> opposite of dihedral is anhedral.
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> T.O.M.
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> From: "Andy Bannister" <a.bann at ntlworld.com>
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>> Actually, Scott's correct Tom. The word "dihedral" can be negative or
>> positive. There is no such thing as anhedral in this context. According
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>> my dictionary anyway.
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>> Andy
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>>> From: "Tom Mason" <tom.mason at charter.net>
>>> Date: 2007/08/01 Wed AM 04:25:24 GMT
>>> To: "World War I Modeling Mailing List" <wwi at wwi-models.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [WWI] Added:Nieuport 28 and more!
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>>> Scott,
>>> Very nice Nieu. 28 & Sopwith Triplane.
>>> One small thing and not really a criticism. The term negative dihedral
> is
>>> incorrect. It should be called anhedral.
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>>> T.O.M.
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>>> From: <gm-admin at wwi-models.org>
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>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 9:57 PM
>>> Subject: [WWI] Added:Nieuport 28 and more!
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>>> >   Scott Janney sent in photos of his
>>> > Nieuport 28,
>>> > See http://www.wwi-models.org/Images/Janney/Allied/index.html#Nie28
>>> > Sopwith Triplane N500,
>>> > See http://www.wwi-models.org/Images/Janney/Allied/index.html#SopN500
>>> > or see news.
>>> > Sincerely,
>>> > WWI Web Admin
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