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Pigs won''t fly

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edited 2001-06-20 20:21 in General Discussion
The pilot is the North East Unlimited Champion for the last two years.
Basically since the diameter of the prop is small with respect to a rotor
blade there is very little torque, which can be counterd with aileron.

-Rich

On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, Ken Ambrose wrote:

> AWESOME PHOTOS!
> proves my favorite saying - All assumptions are incorrect!
>
> By the way, how do you keep the aircraft from rotating due to
> torque?
>
> Ken
>
> with enough thrust, pigs fly just fine.
>
>
>
>
>
> ---- On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, Hughes (rihughes@s...)
> wrote:
>
> > Ever hear of thrust vectoring?
> >
> > Enough thrust anything will fly. Please see the pictures at
> > (http://internet.carcogroup.com/rich/bbq/)
> >
> > -Rich
> >
> > On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Leroy Hall, Senior wrote:
> >
> > > Pigs won't fly with any amount of thrust, they have no
> guidance
> > > system. Let's be real here!!
> > >
> > >
> > > > > with enough thrust, pigs fly just fine.
> > > >
> > > <SNIP>
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