Sideways engine?

[Bill Glaze]

Del:
Amen to both counts!  I'm ready for Spring, also, and it really isn't 
cold here.  Now, if I was just back in Las Vegas............Bill

Del K. Rykert wrote:

> Hi Bill.
>  
>     I would also like to give credit to those that are capable and 
> have the knowledge and tenacity to research and find answers that lead 
> to better flying models. What we learn in pattern I have seen trickle 
> down to the sport flyers also. I sure give credit to those that do 
> think and come up with solid answers.
>  
>     del    Freezing our butts off up here.. 
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: Bill Glaze <mailto:billglaze at triad.rr.com>
>     To: discussion at nsrca.org <mailto:discussion at nsrca.org>
>     Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 4:13 PM
>     Subject: Re: Sideways engine?
>
>     Del:
>     Excellent point.  I sometimes find myself trying to pick the
>     flyspecks out of pepper, when time would be better spent
>     practicing.  As John Ferrell said elsewhere about his flying
>     skills, my skill level also is not such as to see any difference
>     in my side mounted Moki and my inverted Y.S. engines in my rather
>     limited flight regime of Intermediate.  The Moki (1.8) is in a
>     Midwest CAP 232 and I also have a R.C America CAP with a Moki 2.1
>     in it.  Neither have any bad tendencies I can attribute to the
>     sideways engine placement.
>
>     Bill Glaze.
>
>     Del K. Rykert wrote:
>
>>     Some good points.. Not sure I could ever justify the time and
>>     expense getting the answer. Time on the sticks through focused
>>     practice is still where my time earns biggest result. < VBG >.
>>        
>>         del
>>      
>>
>>         ----- Original Message -----
>>         From: Henderson,Eric <mailto:Eric.Henderson at gartner.com>
>>         To: discussion at nsrca.org <mailto:discussion at nsrca.org>
>>         Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 1:49 PM
>>         Subject: RE: Sideways engine?
>>
>>         You should also consider that the engine has its cylinder on
>>         the right hand side of the plane. With 3.5 degrees of side
>>         thrust the bulk of the crankshaft (The heaviest part) is
>>         displaced to the left of center if the spinner is centered.
>>         Balance an engine sometime on its side and you will see that
>>         the CG of the engine is not on its thrust line.
>>          
>>         Now al all of the above poses a new question, if you care, of
>>         how much of a problem we are creating by offsetting and
>>         inverted engine 3/4" at the back of the engine--- Hmmmm.
>>          
>>         Also the mass of the mass of the engine has always helped in
>>         level flight, when side mounted as it weight is opposite to
>>         the counter-rotation caused by the prop.
>>          
>>         It's January, it's cold - even snow, and we are back!
>>          
>>         Regards,
>>          
>>         Eric.
>>          
>>         P.S. The wide body cheek type cowls allow an extremely neat
>>         installation. The Rhapsody had a chin cowl with nothing in
>>         it. It was just for access.
>>          
>>          
>>          
>>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.f3a.us/pipermail/nsrca-discussion/attachments/20040114/fdfa6486/attachment.html