left and right handed propellers, preccesion

[Skoshi Tiger]

The Griffon engines rotated opposite to the Merlins, which took a few spitfire pilots by surprise when they took the new bird for a whirl with out reading the pilots notes!
It's quite possible that the term RTFM was used a long time before computers became common!


Cheers!

[AKA_Tenn]

depends on gyroscopic forces... you can get more turn at slower speeds if you can use the torque of your engine to keep your wing from falling, but i think most people turn left just cause its more natural? maybe they watch too much nascar (go real fast and turn left) haha