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"William Hughes" wrote in message
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On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 03:22:34 GMT, in rec.aviation.military "Gord
Beaman" ) wrote:
William Hughes wrote:

Early piston aircraft had a lot of torque generated by the
engine. In a wave-off situation, the sharp increase in power
would roll the aircraft slightly to port. Combined with pulling
back on the stick to gain altitude, this would result in a
climbing left turn. Having an island in the way when doing this
could ruin your whole day. Hence, the island was placed on the
other side of the filght deck.

So what does one do in an a/c which has an engine turning the
opposite way?...

And which aircraft would that be? AFAIK, all aircraft engines
rotated the same way - clockwise from the pilot's point-of-view. At
least on single-engine birds; some twins may have had
counter-rotating props, but I don't think they operated from
carrier decks all that much.

What, like a P-3?

The P-3 doesn't have counter-rotating props, and AFAIK operates from land
bases.

So your point about the P-3 was?