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'With that massive chunk of metal rotating up front, apparently if you let go of the stick at any point, thetorque of the engine would mean the plane would try to rotate around the engine, and do a lightning fast flick turn.'Do you know the term 'precession' which applies to gyroscopes ? The resultant force of turning a heavy gyro is at 90 degrees in a direction which depends on the direction of rotation of the mass. It wasn't a torque effect, that was important in Spitfires where you could turn the plane over onto it's back with the throttle.
'With that massive chunk of metal rotating up front, apparently if you let go of the stick at any point, the
torque of the engine would mean the plane would try to rotate around the engine, and do a lightning fast flick turn.'
Do you know the term 'precession' which applies to gyroscopes ? The resultant force of turning a heavy gyro is at 90 degrees in a direction which depends on the direction of rotation of the mass. It wasn't a torque effect, that was important in Spitfires where you could turn the plane over onto it's back with the throttle.
