jetjerry 1 Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Being the aircraft was made in Canada, are the props turning the wrong direction? DH and P&W. This is ref the DHC6 Twotter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Fletcher 571 Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Hello jetjerry, 'll find out which is correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Fletcher 571 Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Hello jetjerry, Seems it starts in a clockwise direction when viewed from the front which should be correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verified Developer metzgergva 210 Posted February 12, 2008 Verified Developer Share Posted February 12, 2008 Would be good if the veering would be in line with rotation. From a pilots view: turning clockwise should result in veering to the left. Typical example is the ATR. If the Twotter has counter clockwise, then veering to the right should be the result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn 873 Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Should it also sideslip like the Do-27! Wothan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahame Myers 0 Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Here's a video where you can see a Twin Otter shutting down, and then starting up again, and you can see quite clearly that the props turn clockwise as seen from the cockpit, that is anti-clockwise when viewed from the front. Judge for yourselves: You can see it best when the pilot shuts down about 1min40 into the video. As well as that, you can also see how powerful the reverse thrust is as he slows down and turns after the landing. Who needs water rudders when you have P&W PT-6's with Macauley fully-reversable props? Regards Grahame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetjerry 1 Posted February 13, 2008 Author Share Posted February 13, 2008 Clockwise; counter clockwise; right & left should be judged from the flight deck looking forward. As the video points out, the props are turning the wrong way. They should rotate clockwise...as seen from the pilot's seat. On take off this would require slight right rudder to compensate for TRQ/P factor. Thank you for looking into this. Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Fletcher 571 Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Hello Jerry, I've been duped, I Googled the engine and found a video of it in another aircraft and it went in the direction I posted. I stand corrected and will see if anything will be done about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetjerry 1 Posted February 17, 2008 Author Share Posted February 17, 2008 Thank you Sir! I do appreciate everyones hard work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn 873 Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 The props wrong rotation is on the buglist :-) Finn "Wothan" Jacobsen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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