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Old 13th August 2006 | 16:49
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Gipsy Queen
 
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From: Looking for the signals square at LHR
I think I understand the aerodynamics but I am curious about the mass of the engine being so far removed from the neutral axis of the wing, thereby generating a large polar moment of inertia about that axis.

Does not some of the constructional weight saved in the pylon system have to be put back to resist torsional factors?
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