The "projected area" theory is a common misconception of how dihedral works (that I also subscribed to for many years). All things being equal, the port and sta

The "projected area" theory is a common misconception of how dihedral works (that I also subscribed to for many years). All things being equal, the port and starboard wings create the the same amount of roll torque, no matter which one is 'facing' the ground better (of course, dihedral does still work, because all things are not equal). https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/26759/how-does-the-dihedral-angle-work https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/26759/how-does-...