John Wojnaroski wrote:
Define 'level', if the wings are level, REALLY level, the rudder will produce a torgue to turn the nose until the counter-acting moment produced by beta is equal and there she'll stay, in a skid, but no turning. In fact, as Dave noted, you have to cross control with the ailerons to keep the aircraft from banking and turning if you step on a rudder. The Wright Brothers got it right from teh get-go; else why bother with wing-warping if rudders would do the job?
Don't forget that the fuselage will also produce aerodynamic force corresponding to its (sideways) AOA. It's not much, because it's not a real efficient wing, but if you use the rudder to hold a constant beta and the ailerons to keep the wings level you have just added a new component to f-net and the aircraft will a on over in that direction. Since you are holding beta steady, the heading will have to change as the direction of flight changes. You have also just invented thrust vectoring, and the sideways thrust component will also add to f-net.
Josh
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