On Aug 5, 11:47*am, Dudley Henriques wrote:
Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe wrote:
B. Control would be a problem. Hanging from the prop results in torque
rolls. Airplanes don't have tail rotors or cyclic control over the
propeller.

A VERY effective demonstration of this can be done in a P51. You start
from slow flight with the prop all the way up and slowly begin
increasing angle of attack and feeding in more MP as needed to hold
altitude. Sort of like any entry into a slow flight back side scenario.
As you do this you will need more and more right aileron. You will reach
a point where aileron can't hold it any longer and the airplane will
torque roll on you.
It's a VERY effective technique for demonstrating how NOT to get in high
angle of attack/slow airspeed/high power situations :-))
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I understand the reasoning/description here, but how/why do model
planes do it so well?

Cheers