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Old 3rd Jun 2012, 19:15
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John R81
 
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A twin motorcycle has a rolling couple caused by the offset of the crankshaft as each cylinder moves out / back together. So if a difference of a couple of inches creates a couple in a motorcyle engine, it will also create a couple when the MRG and TRG centers are not in a single plane.

The influence of that couple might not be large, and it does not account for tail rotor drift; but my understanding is that it will be there.
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