Sidemounted engine

[george kennie]

Hey Chuck,
That's the answer!

Chuck Wagoner wrote:

> Jeff,What about a comparison of a "centered" electric vs. a twin?Chuck
>
>      ----- Original Message -----
>      From: Jeff Hughes
>      To: discussion at nsrca.org
>      Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 11:36 PM
>      Subject: Re: Sidemounted engine
>       Though on a pattern plane, side mounted is just point of
>      view. In knife edge an inverted engine is now side mounted.
>      We're all going to have to go to twins to solve this issue!
>
>           ----- Original Message -----
>           From: Nat Penton
>           To: discussion at nsrca.org
>           Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 6:01 PM
>           Subject: Sidemounted engine
>            Looking at the undesirable forces that would be
>           generated by the assymetric distribution of weight
>           to achieve lateral balance - hard yaw or tight
>           corners would produce no effect because all
>           components would be subject to the same
>           acceleration. There would be an effect during
>           roll, however, because the masses are subjected to
>           different rates of acceleration (polar ) . Our
>           planes damp and reach steady state roll rapidly .
>           These unwanted roll forces would cause a change in
>           pitch ( same as when one aileron has more throw )
>           during their short life . The magnitude of the
>           pitch change would be hard to quantify ( by me ) .
>
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