On Wed, 25 May 2005 14:00:21 -0500, guynoir
wrote:

The side facing the pilot is the face. The side away from the pilot is the
back, unless you fly a pusher.

That terminology is as intuitively backwards as some of the computer
stuff I work with.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

Ron Natalie wrote in
om:

guynoir wrote:
The curved side of the blade is called the "back" or "cambered side".
The flat side is called the "face" or "thrust side". The back
usually doesn't get many nicks in it.

I get more dings in the back (the side facing the pilot) than I ever
get in the front.