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Torque. Some roll trim helps

Skymomish is right on this.


All single engine aircraft have at least a little torgue effect. Some aircraft have anti-torgue features built right into the airframe, but usually one most make trim to compensate.

Whenever any single engine plane comes to a slow volocity, such as near stall, the torque will regain more control because trim and airframe influences are decreased at slow speeds, but torque remains about the same for a given engine RPM.

The best engineers and pilots have used torque to make a sharper turn with a fighter. Being aware of it could give one a slight advantage in a fight.

Interesting, in the war the Bf-109 would turn more sharply one direction than the other - much more sharp - because of the influence of torque and how the engineers placed inflow objects such as the oil cooling induct in locations to create even more of a force toward one direction. Knowing this could have saved a pilots life.



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