Timeline for Do all single-engined aircraft experience torque that cause a turning tendency during the takeoff roll?
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| Jun 2, 2020 at 22:09 | comment | added | Jan Hudec | Gyroscopic effect is actually fairly intuitive for propellers. Just watch the blade in isolation – if as it passes through the top you nudge it forward, the little bit of forward motion you add combines with its fast motion to the right, changing it's direction slightly instead so it only reaches the forward-most position when on the right. | |
| May 11, 2020 at 4:12 | comment | added | Robert DiGiovanni | No wonder they tried the jet mount, guess I'll give the A-10 a look. | |
| May 11, 2020 at 0:46 | comment | added | Zeus | @Robert no, a pusher will have the same tendency for the same rotation direction. (Except that if you mount the same engine on the back, you will effectively reverse its direction). All these effects create torques around the prop attachment point, except for the slipstream. The latter is usually the strongest of all, but on most pushers the tail will be out of the slipstream anyway (and if it wasn't, the yaw torque would have the same direction again). | |
| May 10, 2020 at 19:35 | comment | added | Robert DiGiovanni | @Gerry except if the engine is in the back (pusher) forces are reversed. The Cirrus Vision is a jet in propeller-land (sky?), guzzling 60-70 gallons per hour. Love the convenient placing of the jet, not much else. X-plane 11 is a simulator, helping hold fuel costs down. | |
| May 10, 2020 at 18:51 | comment | added | William R. Ebenezer | You're right. To avoid nitpicks on "answering the question", I've edited the title to make it clear that I was looking for this answer. | |
| May 10, 2020 at 18:49 | vote | accept | William R. Ebenezer | ||
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| May 10, 2020 at 16:57 | comment | added | HiddenWindshield | The airplane in the question didn't have a right-turning tendency. It was staying straight without rudder input. So I interpreted it more along the lines of "why doesn't it have a turning tendency at all". | |
| May 10, 2020 at 16:52 | comment | added | Gerry | All correct, but you haven't really answered the question. This is true IF the airplane has an engine that rotates clockwise (viewed from behind). If you fly an older (mostly likely European) airplane with an engine that rotates counterclockwise, the factors above will be reversed and the airplane will exhibit a right-turning tendency. | |
| May 10, 2020 at 16:42 | history | answered | HiddenWindshield | CC BY-SA 4.0 |