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Old 01-30-2014, 08:09 AM
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1300 + posts WOW. Even quoting Galileo. It gets better. Someone even bought in the veracity of Darwinian evolution.

Originally Posted by highhorse
At some point I just have to laugh.

I am taking donations now (PayPal accepted) to NOT start a follow-on thread entitled "Torque Myth" wherein I attempt to explain that proppie motor torque is common catch-all misnomer and that torque causes a rolling moment only, whilst other factors are at play when your airplane yaws to the left....

Argh, never mind. I like RCU and don't want to melt their server down, so I'm gonna refrain from that one as a freebie :-)
No go for it. Go for it.

It will be in competition with the thread I will start on the physics of dynamic soaring or why unpowered gliders can go faster than powered jets.

For those unfamiliar with DSing watch this.
http://youtu.be/aXS1jHK3XuE and yes he is flying on the downwind side of the ridge!

Ken may spank me for feeding the trolls.