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The SHOCKING Reason Why Single Propeller Engines Aren't Straight! Ever noticed that the engine on some small planes looks slightly crooked? It's not a design flaw - it's pure aerodynamic genius! Propeller engines are intentionally mounted at an angle (a trick called engine offset) to counteract something called P-factor...

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Liberty or Death7 ay önce

Many, don’t do this They use things like offset stabilizers instead

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BobMbx7 ay önce

Total BS

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Ryan Stricklin7 ay önce

@HerInTheSky

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Noli Me Calcare 17767 ay önce

Looks like it could cause more problems than it's worth. Applying a little rudder isn't difficult.

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Luke Senior 👨🏻‍🦳🦚7 ay önce

Genuine thing. Sometimes offset by an angle of around 3°, other times by positioning a small amount, usually to the right. Often done with the position of the vertical stabiliser, engine upgrades usually need the offset. Good to a Fairey Firefly instead of the usual suspects!

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longhawl7 ay önce

Even RC airplanes have this.

TheRealSonsofLiberty profil fotoğrafı
TheRealSonsofLiberty7 ay önce

I’ve noticed engines having an upward tilt but never a right tilt

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TJ7 ay önce

Cool

Richard Housden🇺🇲🇯🇵🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🚳🎸🪕🥃 profil fotoğrafı
Richard Housden🇺🇲🇯🇵🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🚳🎸🪕🥃7 ay önce

Anyone that has built flying model airplanes learns this, or their plane don't fly!

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True American 🇺🇸 Ohio7 ay önce

For similar reasons, the Lockheed P-38 Lightning had its engines arranged with one rotating opposite the other. This arrangement created a similar stabilizing effect as the angled propellers on single engine planes.

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Shamar D. Bradley7 ay önce

Never noticed that

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Steven Carleton7 ay önce

Right. I guess its sort of like an automatic transmission. But instead of hydraulics, its aerodynamics.

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Marvin Armour7 ay önce

That's great, now let's discuss dissymmetry of lift for rotorcraft in forward flight.

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Nick 🇺🇲7 ay önce

@grok is this true?

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ByNiels7 ay önce

If you've ever had fluid dynamics at uni, that's fairly obvious :-).

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Jim Bullock7 ay önce

Interesting! Never knew this!

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Helmut - Gegen Extremismus!7 ay önce

@grok is this real?

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Megan Harper7 ay önce

A very interesting explanation; I wouldn't have known this if I hadn't read this article

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