In helicopters, torque balancing is done by the extra rear propeller. But in airplanes, no such balancing is evident. Even the engines of jumbo jets turn all in the same sense. For stability, the Sum of all torques MUST be 0. Is the sum of the propellers or jets torques so small as not to influence equilibrium? If not, what is the mechanism used to stabilize the plane? It seems to me that, except for helicopters, all propellers are small BUT they turn very fast. So, the momentum generated must be quite large. Please feel free to use engineering notation in your answer. Thanx!
2006-07-21
08:28:18
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