Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/08/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jerry, could it also have something to do with the aerodynamics of those combined ailerons/flaps (Junkers Flaperons) that the Ju52 has for STOL capability? Cheers Douglas Jerry Lehrer wrote: > H-Ball > > 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 >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >