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Old December 2nd 06, 01:28 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Neil Gould
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Default Light twins not using contra-rotating propellers

Recently, Mxsmanic posted:

Neil Gould writes:

I can guarantee that those other airports are designed with
knowledge of the prevailing winds in the area.


I can guarantee that prevailing winds are not in the same direction
for every airport.

It doesn't matter, in Real World 1.0 airport design results in an
asymmetrical distribution of x-wind factors, so your assertion that
x-winds would be statistically 50% R/L at any airport is just wrong.

Neil