03.12.2008, 12:59
Biplane with upper wing removed behaves just like biplane with both wings removed.
jeesus Wrote:Biplane with upper wing removed behaves just like biplane with both wings removed.
P/O W. 'Moggy' Cattermole Wrote:they're designed to be aerodynamically stable with both wings; remove one and its shape is all wrong; it can't generate the lift it needs, or the remaining wing's control surfaces may not be enough to manoever it propperly.what he says! lol :wink:
jeesus Wrote:Biplane with upper wing removed behaves just like biplane with both wings removed.what if alternate wings got shot off? e.g. top right and bottom left blown off
roger-wilco-66 Wrote:My understanding of the structure of biplane wings - or the whole structure of that kind of airplane design - is that the upper and lower wings support each other by wire and strut bracing (even the fuselage of the plane is internally stabilized by wire bracing) . If the bracing is shot, or a entire surface (wing) is destroyed, the whole mess folds together and is gone. Or in another view, you will have a huge increase in entropy in that aerodynamical system. Everything else is far fetched theory!If lower wing is removed then upper wing falls off but removing upper wing doesnt detach lower wing.
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Mark
psychobob Wrote:LOL. Kind of like asking why a four wheeled automobile can't drive the same with two wheels removed.No. Its more like asking why a four wheeled automobile with two wheels removed can't drive the same with all wheels removed. Do you think that when upper wings are removed lower wings lose lift and drag?
P/O W. 'Moggy' Cattermole Wrote:What was eerily prophetic was that i had just intentionally flew a 737 into one of the world trade centre towers....A lot of us used to do that as a joke before 9/11. Since then things kinda changed so that joke lost its appeal...