Why do alot of older prop planes mostly I've seen it on carrier planes the wings are sorta higher at the tip that at the base( best way I thought I could explain it) I'm just wondering what is the purpose of that. Is it to provide more lift so it can get off the carrier deck better? I'm just not sure and is just something I'm wondering. Also I'm really close to getting 4k and with another 1k points I will be making my challenge. I'm still thinking about the challenge and thinking of changing it from a ww1 challenge to something else. Maybe something no one has really done yet........wait I think I got it. I won't say what it is yet but it's going to be gooood!!! So if you can answer my question on what the heck the swept wings help with the plane then I'll appreciate it! :D
@Panthers4741 you are welcome!
@Panthers4741 wow nice guess, i never would have thought about that! but almost all planes need to have less instability for safety reasons, especially cargo planes like the an-225.
so the scientific reason high-wing planes have anhedral (reverse dihedral):
"high mounted wings tend to be anhedral. some sources will tell you that this is due to the pendulum effect, where the weight of the plane acts like a restoring force, like how a pendulum will naturally return to its original position when disturbed, but this is incorrect and i nearly uploaded this explanation before thinking about it a little harder and realizing that that didn't make any sense. "
That was from this video by Real Engineering. it starts at about 7:20, where he explains anhedral wings. all
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@Panthers4741 np. but do you know the reason some high wing planes have reverse dihedral? if not, guess!
Dihedral, it helps with stability. Causes the plane to slowly auto-correct itself to level flight after banking
@Panthers4741 nice explanation! i learned the concept form one of Real Engineering's videos.
@asteroidbook345 ok that makes sense thanks. I was just wondering it's been on my mind and I've been to lazy to look it up.
@acepilot109 @panthers4741 can any of the you answer me question?