GMod Fin Planes -- Wing Angles (Dihedral vs Anhedral)

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• published: 13 Jul 2012
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Just a little comparison of the three types of wing angles you'll see on planes and how they each effect stability. GMod doesn't quite act like real life when it comes to a wing's Dihedral Angle, so my explanation of the actual process is a little bit different that what actually happens in real life. In Real life when a plane slips to one side, the wind currents are hitting a Dihedral Wing at different angles, so the leading wing has a more efficient Angle of Attack (AoA). So since the leading wing is more efficient, it gets a bit more lift from the wind crossing over it laterally, therefore it lifts up, while the opposite wing has a more detrimental AoA and has less lift, therefore is let down. In GMod though, since there's not real wind, the shape & performance of the Fin itself dictates how the Dihedral effects stability, so the forces hitting the wings disperse more similar to how I describe them in the video. In the end none of this really matters, you'll just have to build your plane around Fin's limitations-- I've merely got this here for those who were interested. There's also a lot of good info on the Wikipedia article for Dihedral here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dihedral_%28aircraft%29 and some cool pics and more info here and here: http://www.rcpowers.com/community/threads/anhedral-wings-detailed-explanations-of-anhedral-plane-designs.234/ http://avstop.com/ac/flighttrainghandbook/stability.html