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Old 1st Aug 2004, 15:19
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BEagle
 
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Think gyroscopic effect! Yaw applied on touchdown could translate to a pitching force; depending on the direction of propeller rotation and direction of yaw this could be in a nose-down sense.

I've only seen this once when some idiot turned a Chipmunk rapidly with a large burst of power; this caused the tail to rise and a stiff breeze did the rest! This was whilst parking....
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