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Old 7th August 2011 | 16:13
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Jig Peter
 
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Think point

For example, the "handed" (counter rotating) props on the de Havilland Hornet (among others) were to counter swing on take-off. If one engine failed, loss of thrust on one side still caused a swing.
If one jet (fan- or "pure"-) engine fails, there's still a swing (yaw) through loss of thrust: direction of rotation doesn't come into it.
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