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"C Kingsbury" wrote in message
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The number in the book is for a plane at gross weight with the engine at
idle. It's the number at which the rudder runs out of effectiveness to
keep
the nose aligned with the runway. So you blow it over with the prop. Of

How do you use prop on a single engine plane to improve alignment to the
runway? Rudder and ailerons I understand. And on a dual engine airplane I
understand how you could (in theory) use prop to improve alignment. But
how would you use prop in a single engine airplane?

--
Will
westes AT earthbroadcast.com

"CHANGE USERNAME TO westes" wrote in
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[...] But how would you use prop in a single engine airplane?

I assume he means that with power on (rather than at idle), the prop
slipstream provides a some extra rudder authority.

In article , CHANGE USERNAME TO westes wrote:
How do you use prop on a single engine plane to improve alignment to the
runway? Rudder and ailerons I understand. And on a dual engine airplane I

In a tractor configured (i.e. engine and prop on the nose, single fin
directly in line with the fuselage and in the propwash) single engine
plane, at low speeds the propwash over the tail surfaces make the rudder
much more effective if you give the engine some power. Fly a taildragger
which has a free castoring tailwheel and useless brakes and you soon
learn how a quick 'goose' on the throttle can help you taxi around a
corner in a quartering tailwind.

--
Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man
Flying: http://www.dylansmith.net
Frontier Elite Universe: http://www.alioth.net
"Maintain thine airspeed, lest the ground come up and smite thee"

Dylan Smith wrote in message ...
In article , CHANGE USERNAME TO westes wrote:
How do you use prop on a single engine plane to improve alignment to the
runway? Rudder and ailerons I understand. And on a dual engine airplane I

In a tractor configured (i.e. engine and prop on the nose, single fin
directly in line with the fuselage and in the propwash) single engine
plane, at low speeds the propwash over the tail surfaces make the rudder
much more effective if you give the engine some power.

Bingo.

-cwk.