ron ward

alright,..... this is somewhat elementary, but for clarity's sake,.... i'm going to ask.
when facing the same direction as the plane flying, does "right thrust" have the engine pointing to the right, or does it have the thrust from the prop going to the right and the engine pointing to the left ?.
need to clear this up in my mind, once and for all !.

thanks for answering such an elementary question.

Rodney

Engine pointing to the right

ron ward

OK..... that's how I think of it...... thanks !. it's amazing how one can talk themselves out of something, by thinking too much about it.

jeffo

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Always think of it sitting in the cockpit,looking straight ahead.Your right side is the right side of the plane,and visa versa.Same thing applies to most,if not all vehicles.jeffo

Heliman4213

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Right engine point 2 degrees to the right and the left engine 2 degrees to the left.

ron ward

the confusion coms from calling it "right thrust",......the thrust from a prop will actually be as we call it,to left side of the fuse as sitting in the cockpit, when "right thrust" is applied, hence the ambiguity....... "thrust"....... is actually opposite the direction an engine is pointed.

Bax

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When describing thrust, you really only want to know the result. "Right" thrust pulls the nose to the right. Similarly, "Down" thrust pulls the nose down. You don't consider the direction of the propeller slipstream in the description.

"Thrust" is not the propeller slipstream, but the result. The engine is thrusting the nose to the right when you have right thrust. From the Wikipedia: "A fixed-wing aircraft generates forward thrust when air is pushed in the direction opposite to flight."

The complete article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrust

ron ward

ah,..OK,....that makes sense.