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Drooping wings

Posted by Cees Broere on Wed Feb 05, 2003 09:37:35 AM

Looking at the photographs of the POF B-17, I noticed that the wings seem to be almost horizontal compared to the marked upward dihedral of the B-17 I seem to remember.

Same goes for Halifax reconstruction at YAM where the outer wings are almost level with the centre section.

Am I seing things or is there something sagging? In other words, do aircraft wings give in to gravity after remaining static on the ground.

Cees

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