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> Pitch and AoA are different Is pitch the angle of the wing, and AoA the angle of the wing relative to the fluid across the wing?
by nomel 5y ago
> Pitch and AoA are different
Is pitch the angle of the wing, and AoA the angle of the wing relative to the fluid across the wing?
- jnwatson 5y agoYes
- roelschroeven 5y agoPitch is the angle of the plane rather than that of the wing.
- mauvehaus 5y agoIf the angle of the plane and the wing aren't the same and fixed relative to each other, you're probably already in thoroughly deep shit. The only plane that ever went into production where the angle of the wing could be changed relative to the angle of the fuselage (other than on the way to the crash site) was the F-8 Crusader [0]. GGP post has it correct. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vought_F-8_Crusader https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vought_F-8_Crusader
- roelschroeven 5y agoExcept on stunt planes (and maybe fighter jets?) that are designed to fly upside-down a significant portion of the time, the wings are angled relative to the fuselage. Otherwise the whole plane needs to be in a nos-up attitude even for flying at a constant altitude, which would not be fuel-efficient because if the high drag. The difference between the pitch angle of the plane and that of the wings is indeed fixed in any normal aircraft.