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Old 25th January 2009 | 18:42
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sapperkenno
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Scroll down to page "4-27" here: http://www.faa.gov/library/manuals/a...apter%2004.pdf

Also, your comments on airplane behavior are only true of airplanes using (most) western built engines. If you flew a Yak for instance, you would expect different reactions, due to the prop turning the other way.

In really old machines circa WW1, (such as a Sopwith Camel) with rotary engines, the effect was a lot more pronounced due to the cylinders turning with the prop giving a bigger/heavier gyroscope in a lightly weighted airplane. I've heard rumors of the gyroscopic reaction on these airplanes actually overcoming the desired effect wanted from the control surfaces. So you might try and pitch up abruptly, but instead you get a small pitch up and massive amounts of yaw.

Hope the pictures help, as you seem to have an idea of the theory!
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