Post by clarencebunsen on Feb 9, 2013 23:56:57 GMT -5
Pure guess on my part since I can't find a reference to the 3 degrees.
Langley was a contemporary of the Wrights who made a couple unsuccessful attempts days before the Wrights successful flight. Later Glenn Curtiss while involved in a patent dispute with the Wrights rebuilt and successfully flew Langley's design. The US Navy's first aircraft carrier was the Langley.
Back to the 3 degrees, the propeller pushing against the air will generating a force tending to counter-rotate the airplane pushing one wing down. Leave the wings in that position and in your mind's eye or on paper rotate the cylinder containing the pilot back to an upright position. Now as far as the pilot's inner ear in concerned the airplane is in level flight. How that would affect other performance characteristics is beyond my capabilities. I suspect that it was not very successful.
Langley was a contemporary of the Wrights who made a couple unsuccessful attempts days before the Wrights successful flight. Later Glenn Curtiss while involved in a patent dispute with the Wrights rebuilt and successfully flew Langley's design. The US Navy's first aircraft carrier was the Langley.
Back to the 3 degrees, the propeller pushing against the air will generating a force tending to counter-rotate the airplane pushing one wing down. Leave the wings in that position and in your mind's eye or on paper rotate the cylinder containing the pilot back to an upright position. Now as far as the pilot's inner ear in concerned the airplane is in level flight. How that would affect other performance characteristics is beyond my capabilities. I suspect that it was not very successful.