Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/08/16
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Yes I can . I am not aeronautically inclined, but have fallen all the
way. I am a graduate aerospace engineer with 55 years of
experience. Reasons why engines are non-parallel may be;
Structurally easier to design engine mounts
Less apt to go into a spin if one of the wing engines dies. the
outboard pointing thrust vector partially compensates the
natural tendency to turn/spin into the dead engine.
Jerry Lehrer
H. Ball Arche wrote:
> I'd seen one of these in the air often in the '70's around Gainesville, it
> was owned by Martin Caiden, but I'd never noticed that the wing engines
> are mounted perpendicular to the leading edge, and clearly skewed off
> parallel from the axis of flight. Can one of the aeronautically inclined
> explain why?
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/132098-1/20080816-_MG_8190.jpg
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