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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" |
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