The downward aileron deflection of the upward going wing will stall first. You change the camber of the wing and increase the angle of attack, Virg
On 12/13/2014 8:51 AM, Tinyauto--- via KRnet wrote: > > The idea of differential control having a side advantage of reducing the > chance of stall is nonsense to me. Lets say we are flying along checking > out something on the ground and are in a moderately steep bank of maybe 30 de > grees and allow the airplane to get somewhat slow. It would seem if the > pilot would slam in full deflection that the differential would actually > cause a stall of the already slower traveling wing on the inside of the turn. > > Now I realize if the airplane didn't have differential control and the turn > didn't stay coordinated that the nose of the airplane would blank out part > of the wing and possibly causing a stall. Differential aileron helps an > airplane fly easier (less pilot attention) due to not having to use two > separate controls to keep flying coordinated. However I am just not grasping > the idea of it "reducing the tendency for the wing to stall" part. Am I > wrong? > > Kevin Golden > Harrisonville, MO > > > > > > > Differential aileron deflection > > > <http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DifferentialAileron.svg> > http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3a/DifferentialAileron.svg/ > 450px-DifferentialAileron.svg.png > > Illustration of a Differential aileron > > The geometry of most aileron linkages can be configured so as to bias the > travel further upward than downward. By excessively deflecting the upward > aileron, profile drag is increased rather than reduced and separation drag > <http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_separation> further aids in producing > drag on the inside wing, producing a yaw force in the direction of the > turn. > Though not as efficient as rudder mixing, aileron differential is very easy > to implement on almost any airplane and offers the significant advantage of > reducing the tendency for the wing to stall > <http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stall_(flight)> at the tip first by > limiting the downward aileron deflection and its associated effective > increase in angle of attack. > > Most airplanes use this method of adverse yaw mitigation due to the simple > implementation and safety benefits. > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options >