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Offline F4UDOA

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« Reply #105 on: May 11, 2006, 09:38:55 AM »
Funny thing about torque

Everybody likes to scream about torque modeling in AH but little is ever shown to represent how much torque should be represented in each A/C.

If you want to know which A/C had the greatest torque effect just look at the POH and see how much rudder and aileron trim was required on takeoff. The more trim the greater the torque effect.

The famed "torque roll" of the F4U had much more to do with the stalling characteristics of the A/C with full flaps deployed. No matter what the engine power was when it stalled it rolled to the left. This was because of an assymetrical stall not the tourque of the engine. On takeoff it only required 6 degrees of rudder trim. Not much to get excited about.

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« Reply #106 on: May 11, 2006, 09:53:08 AM »
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Originally posted by Flaps
300 gals/min? Thats the one with the afterburners, right?


Haha, it'd be like a commercial I saw a long time ago with a sports car sitting at a gas station.  It revved once and went from full to 2/3rds, then again and went from 2/3rds to 1/3, and once more and it was on empty lol.

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« Reply #107 on: May 20, 2006, 09:14:16 PM »
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