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Old 25th January 2009 | 16:02
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Mohit_C
 
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Gyroscopic Effect on a prop aircraft.

Hello everyone,

I was trying to look up information on why a prop aircraft behaves the way it behaves with regards to the "gyroscopic effect" of its propeller especially when pitching and yawing. I've looked through some notes but I really can't get my head around it.
For instance it stated that when the aircraft pitches up, there's a tendency to yaw right, and when it pitches down there's a tendency to yaw left. Likewise, when the aircraft yaws left, there's a tendency to pitch up and vice versa.

Is there some graphical representation of this to help me understand this better?

Thanks.

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