I must admit I needed to Google this one. I was pretty sure Gyro Precession and P Factor were somewhat compensating in the air and P factor caused a left yaw when pulling up so the gyro precession must be to the right when pulling up. Therefore it must be to the left with the tail rising. So I looked it up and here is what I found:
There are 4 common forces we can apply on the propeller disk through control inputs, only two of which the average pilot must know. The four actions are rudder left/right or pitch up/down. The rudder actions can be ignored for non aerobatic pilots.
In either of these 4 actions we are driving a section of the blade into the wind and another away from, thus causing two forces to act on the disk. For example, let’s consider a pitching action typical of a tail wheel aircraft rolling down the runway. When a tailwheel aircraft picks up enough speed its tail is lifted off the runway by pushing the nose forward.
Let’s apply our two forces from this action: 1) We have taken a stick and pushed it against the top of the spinning propeller, that is our force to push the nose forward. 2) We have tied a string around the bottom of the spinning propeller and are pulling on that. So our forces, assuming sitting in the pilot seat, are a push on the top and a pull on the bottom.
Since the propeller rotates these forces will not act at the point of application, but instead 90 degrees (in the direction of disk rotation) from the point of application. From sitting in the pilot seat the propeller turns to the right and we know we have a push force on top and pull on the bottom currently. Let us rotate them 90 degrees to the right, giving us this result:
1) Push force on the right side of the disk
2) Pull force on the leftside of the disk
3) A left yaw has been produced
Any forward push on the yoke must be accompanied by a right rudder application (in flight also) to keep coordinated. Vice versa for a pull on the yoke. These actions are so subtle in a typical trainer that you will likely never recognize them during typical flight. I haven’t flown anything but aerobatic airplanes where I really noticed gyroscopic precession from pitching.
Hope this clarifies this subject.
Question: I was told the Brits had engines that rotated in the opposite direction. Was everything reversed on the Spitfire?
Jim O
Sorry, I did not read this before my previous post.