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Re:Why we don’t understand heavier-than-air flight by chasd00 on Saturday June 26, 2021 @12:27PM (#27643250)
Has someone taken an rc airplane and turned the wing upside down and flown it? It should be pretty easy to demonstrate.
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Re:Why we don’t understand heavier-than-air flight by dogma1138 on Saturday June 26, 2021 @06:59PM (#27646791)
RC airplanes have insane thrust to weight ratios, with enough thrust a brick can fly.

That said with my historic experience with single piston RCs if you didn’t compensate for the upside down flight with your ailerons you would nose dive.

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