Sunday, August 5, 2012

BASIC PROPELLER PRINCIPLES - TORQUE AND P FACTOR


To the pilot, "torque" (the left turning tendency of the airplane) is made up of four elements
which cause or produce a twisting or rotating motion around at least one of the airplane's three axes. These four elements are:
  1. Torque Reaction from Engine and Propeller. 
  2. Corkscrewing Effect of the Slipstream. 
  3. Gyroscopic Action of the Propeller. 
  4. Asymmetric Loading of the Propeller (P Factor).

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AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS - OUTSIDE AIR TEMPERATURE GAUGE AND FUEL INJECTION SYSTEMS

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