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Old 08-31-2007 | 09:24 AM
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Default RE: thrust angles, important? why?

How many full scale airplanes use right thrust, and/or down thrust?
In effect, they all do. Most use vertical fin offset to the left to accomplish the same thing, but of course when they throttle back the airplane turns right until the speed stabilizes. And most older twins had the engines turned out by a very noticable amount. Check out the upthrust on the engines of a 727 or a DC9.

Jim