Thrust Line
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Thrust Line
I am currently working on building a scratch airplane. I was thinking of a mid wing design. It seems that I read somewhere on this forum before that it is a bad idea to have the same thrust line of the engine wing and stabilizer. Should I mount the engine about 1.5 inches below the wing and the stabilizer on the same line as the engine? I remember reading something like this before, I don't remember what the consensus was, and I couldn't find it using a search.
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This is the 'net, and bad information abounds..
There's no earthly reason why the thrust line can't coincide with the wing chord and/or the horizontal chord.
People do that all the time, with no ill results.
There are in fact no "can't-does" regarding this, other than having ground clearance for the prop!
There's no earthly reason why the thrust line can't coincide with the wing chord and/or the horizontal chord.
People do that all the time, with no ill results.
There are in fact no "can't-does" regarding this, other than having ground clearance for the prop!
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I have to agree with TallPaul completely. I have built a few with the wing and stab on the thrustline. And on the last 3 i have been playing with the position of the horizontal stab, while keeping the wing on the thrustline.
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Having the engine, wing and stabilizer on the same thrust line causes male pattern baldness and sterility. But for some reason, it works fine on airplanes. ???