Hey, I never "asserted" anything. Sure, there are exceptions to everything. I was just sitting at my workbench today, working on a wooden prop that I'm putting a brass edge on, and recarving the shape, to make a scale display prop for my Grasshopper, and got to thinking about engine rotation and why the VAST MAJORITY of aircraft engines turn right hand. You make an interesting point with the left hand Merlin. Wonder why they did that?. Right hand works fine, why change it? If it was to get rid of P-factor and torque reaction, all it would do is change the reaction to its opposite......wait, I'VE GOT IT!!! I'll bet they (Rolls Royce) built a whole s***load of left-hand Merlins figuring that the Americans would want them for the left engines in their P-38's and the Americans said "No Way, guys, we got all these absolutely semi-adequate obsolete Allisons to use up first", so the Brits were stuck with them and had to find a good use for them. Fact is, I don't have the slightest clue about why some Merlins turn backwards, or why Alouette chopper rotors turn the other way from Hueys. I 'd like to know, though, just for kicks and true aerodynamic enlightenment. I knew this thread would push some buttons, just like the control stick one did, and wanted to see the reactions, and (maybe) get some good info.




Hey, Tonto, we're surrounded by Indians!


Whaddaya mean WE, Kemosabe?