MacDonald, Alexander Forsyth, 1897-1965 · Port Credit, Ont. : Aviation Service Corporation · leaf 36
n. If a heavy body is rotating about an axis (the axis ofrotation) and this is turned about another axis (the turn-ing axis), the body will tend to turn about an axis atright angles to them both. This phenomenon is knownas Gyroscopic Precession. A simple illustration is as follows: Imagine a… … LEPT HBNOTUWN Fig. 16. Gyroscopic Action. AUeron Drag In banking to make an airplane turn, one aileronis depressed and the other is raised. The downgoingaileron, being depressed into the compressed airflowon the underside of the wing, causes drag. The upgoingaileron, moving up into a more…
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