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jwang1_09 March 16, 2015 03:23
Direction of the pitching moment
 
Hello,

I do not know the direction of pitching moment,which rising the airplane is positive or negative. Could you help me?

Thank you.

hlk March 16, 2015 13:21
Quote:
Originally Posted by jwang1_09 (Post 536424)
Hello,

I do not know the direction of pitching moment,which rising the airplane is positive or negative. Could you help me?

Thank you.
The aerospace convention is that a positive pitch is nose-up.

bornax September 13, 2018 05:36
pitching moment convention
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by hlk (Post 536562)
The aerospace convention is that a positive pitch is nose-up.
Is this convention respected by SU2 too right?

While could it be that XFOIL uses the counterclockwise convention? (positive = counterclockwise)

Thanks!


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