On 2 Jun 2018 07:11:24 -0700, Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com>
wrote:
>In article <lk75hd9c8cqfkvb2ckh7qiblk9s5v9fnq8@4ax.com>, Stormin' Norman says...
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>>On 2 Jun 2018 06:29:31 -0700, Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com>
>>wrote:
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>>One of my all time favorite aircraft!
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>>I was fascinated by this part of the design history:
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>>"In this arrangement both propellers would turn upward as they
>>approached the center wing, which in theory would have allowed better
>>single-engine control. This proved not to be the case when the
>>aircraft refused to become airborne during its first flight attempt.
>>After a month of work North American engineers finally discovered that
>>rotating the propellers to meet in the center on their upward turn
>>created sufficient drag to cancel out all lift from the center wing
>>section, one quarter of the aircraft's total wing surface area. The
>>engines and propellers were then exchanged, with their rotation
>>meeting on the downward turn, and the problem was fully solved."
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>>The engineers responsible must have all breathed a giant sigh of
>>relief!
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>I posted 18 images but only show 3 on my side...hope all 18 made it up.
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>I'll repost them all if the consensus is no one got more than 3
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I see all 18 here. Thanks!
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