propeller direction of foreign certificated twins

[montanapilot]

according to my Multi Engine book i just got.

"the propellers on twins certificated overseas usually rotate counterclockwise as seen from the pilot seat, so the situation is reversed - for those airplanes, the right engine is the critcal engine"


my question is why do they do this?

 

[USMCmech]

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"the propellers on twins certificated overseas usually rotate counterclockwise as seen from the pilot seat, so the situation is reversed - for those airplanes, the right engine is the critcal engine"


my question is why do they do this?

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The same reason that the British drive on the left side of the road.

Just because.




There isn't any advantage to wither direction, but that's just how things got standardized.

I don't personaly know of ANY light twins made with twin left turning engines.

 

[derg]

Pretty much!

And why are all of our power cords different?

 

[aloft]

Our power chords are different?

 

[kellwolf]

Re: propeller direction of foreign certificated tw

Heh. If you can play an A or E power chord, you can play GnR.

 

[derg]

Re: propeller direction of foreign certificated tw

Slash plays Jazz now.

 

[Malko]

Re: propeller direction of foreign certificated tw

[ QUOTE ]
Slash plays Jazz now.

[/ QUOTE ]

BTW, he is one heII of a Flamenco (sp?) player. I heard him on tape one time and he was smoking.


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[derg]

Re: propeller direction of foreign certificated tw

Hell yeah! He's got a song on "Smooth Jazz" here (err, 'there') in PHX in heavy rotation that just rocks.

 

[Malko]

Re: propeller direction of foreign certificated tw

i'll have to try and find it on JazzFm.com Its a Kick A$$ internet jazz station out of London, England.

 

[Snow]

different voltages?

 

[Jonnyb1225]

Do foreign twins ever use counter-rotating twins where the right prop spins clockwise, and the left prop spins counterclockwise? That would be weird because the declining blade would be further away from the CG.