Re: Pietenpol-List: Spirialing Slipstream & Other Forces
Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 9:37 pm
Original Posted By: Rcaprd(at)aol.com
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Spirialing Slipstream & Other ForcesIn a message dated 9/2/2005 6:58:15 PM Central Standard Time,wbeevans(at)verizon.net writes:Chuck,My understanting of this whole thing is that the offset of the engine that weput in upon building ( down and to the right or left) is a way to make theplane fly straight during mid range power.During normal climbout the Piet is angled up, but a plane doesn't follow thenose angle, so the prop see's a condition where the prop is taking biggerbites on the right side. So a right rudder is in order. (P- Factor)When you chop the power, the oppisite seems to happen,,you need left rudder.If you ever read , in depth, about the pilots that fly behind the WWI planeswhere the cylinders spin,,like at Old Rhinebeck,,It's a whole new class=20offlying.walt evansNX140DL----- Original Message -----
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Spirialing Slipstream & Other ForcesIn a message dated 9/2/2005 6:58:15 PM Central Standard Time,wbeevans(at)verizon.net writes:Chuck,My understanting of this whole thing is that the offset of the engine that weput in upon building ( down and to the right or left) is a way to make theplane fly straight during mid range power.During normal climbout the Piet is angled up, but a plane doesn't follow thenose angle, so the prop see's a condition where the prop is taking biggerbites on the right side. So a right rudder is in order. (P- Factor)When you chop the power, the oppisite seems to happen,,you need left rudder.If you ever read , in depth, about the pilots that fly behind the WWI planeswhere the cylinders spin,,like at Old Rhinebeck,,It's a whole new class=20offlying.walt evansNX140DL----- Original Message -----