MacDonald, Alexander Forsyth, 1897-1965 · Port Credit, Ont. : Aviation Service Corporation · leaf 36
The plane in which the airplane moves around theNormal, or Z Axis, is called the YAWING PLANE.Slipstream The air pushed backward by a revolving propellerhas a corkscrew motion. This causes an increasedpressure on one side of the tail unit, and a decreasedpressure on the other side. The tail is… … Torque Torque is the resistance of the propeller to its motionthrough the air due to the drag of the blades. The effectof torque is to tena to rotate the airplane in a directionopposite to the rotation of the propeller. Flatspin Fumbleinsists that it is torque which causes his JittercraftDeLuxe to…
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