left and right handed propellers, preccesion

[CaptainDoggles]

IIRC the Lavochkin fighters have props that turn the same way as most Western aircraft. Also the Napier Sabre engine in the Tempest turns the opposite way (same way as the Klimovs)

[raaaid]

yes but what caughts my attention the most is the tendency of most to trun left

schauberger said that rivers that turn left plants grow strong but rivers that rae made to artificically trun right plants die

is like turning left is on the bright side and turning right on the dark?

or is it the propeller prescession?

does it happen the sme with reactors?

edit:

also i found out years ago that birds nearly always make circles to the left

[ZaltysZ]

Turn to the left is simply easier (more comfortable) to initiate for right hand. In real planes it might be about the force; in sims it might be about what wrist feels.

[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