What was the handling problem again? Only turned left climbing w/ throttle
on. Turned rt. decending w/ throttle off?
And all this due to too much torque? (never had tooooo much torque, have
you?)
Memory is way hazy on this stuff.
> Surprisingly enough, when I went to undergrad Aeronautical
> school, Cal Poly
> at San Luis Obispo, Ca. we had a rotary LeRhone engine
> mounted on a stand.
> It was fun to start that puppy and watch all the whirling
> parts. Seeing the
> entire engine turn with the prop was awesome. Yes, it was a
> booger to turn
> because of the torque needed to over come the gyro effects.
>
> mayf
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ray McCrary" <spook01@home.com>
> To: <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>; <tigers@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 7:02 AM
> Subject: ww1 a/c
>
>
> > Actually, most WW1 aircraft used water cooled engines such
> as the Liberty.
> > The Rhone rotary, which you mention, was a rather weird
> exception, not
> > having a throttle at all, merely a "blip switch". The
> engine ran at full
> > power; to land, you interrupted the ignition. It was
> difficult to make,
> and
> > the main problem for a fighter was the centrifugal force inherent in
> > rotating objects. The "gyro" action of the engine made the
> aircraft less
> > maneuverable.
> > Best,
> > Ray McCrary
> > "Speed is Life;
> > of course Luck and Altitude
> > are helpful, too."
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