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Pitch is the angle of the plane rather than that of the wing.
by roelschroeven 4y ago
Pitch is the angle of the plane rather than that of the wing.
- mauvehaus 4y 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 4y 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.