John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET> wrote:   Tom Boldway wrote:

>"Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 11:51:07 -0400
>From: Tim Demarest
>Subject: Re: mpg; Fly Carefully...
>
>Well, that just leads me to way more questions for the sages of the list:
>
> How much wing area do I need to lift my Westie off the ground?
>
> Do I need a bigger wing on the left, to provide extra lift for the
>camper equipment (and the driver)?"
>
>Ah-HA! In the early 1940's the Italians (Macchi 202 and 205 fighter planes
>to be specific) came up with an ingenious way of dealing with the problems
>of torque steer in their fighter planes. One wing was half a foot longer
>than the other, so the added lift of the longer wing offset the engine
>torque.
>
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And why not? Some of the earliest propellers had only one blade. The
other was replace by a bob weight. The purpose was to prevent
asymetrical thrust and reduce stearing torque pressure.

So you should definitely have variable wing lift to compensate for
greater weight to one side than the other and to manage lift variations
produced by variable speeds.

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL driver

And in that same vein, the French aircraft designer Marcel Bloch offset the engine thrust centerline over 5 degrees to one side, to compensate for torque loads. For us wheel-driven folks, would that mean putting a 15" wheel on one side and a 14" wheel on the other....?

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