08-19-2012, 12:54 AM
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Another stability problem that was quite common in airplanes of the period around WW II was a tendency for a continuous small-amplitude lateral oscillation in straight and level flight. This problem was called "snaking" and its cause was quite mysterious.
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http://history.nasa.gov/monograph12/ch4.htm
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