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An aeroplane with a low wing and no sweep is found to be spirally unstable, slowly tightening any turn that is not corrected.

Which change would most directly address it?

  • A.More geometric dihedral
  • B.Enlarging the fin
  • C.Fitting anhedral
  • D.Fitting spoilers

Answer: A

Spiral instability follows from too little dihedral effect relative to directional stability. Adding dihedral strengthens the rolling response to sideslip and rebalances the two modes, whereas a larger fin would worsen the imbalance.

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