Matt
Like the forces on a rotor blade in operation, centrifugal forces do
have some affect on things.......
It doesn't take much bend to have a terrible affect on a prop blade and
balance.
Each aircraft has its own pecularities/weaknesses/strengths.
Cheers
Rocky
Matt Whiting wrote:
Jay Honeck wrote:
After flying home, my passenger (non-pilot) jumps out of the Archer
and goes over to the elevator to help push the plane back. I had
to explain to him the difference between a 10,000lbs fighter and
1,600lbs Archer. I can move an Archer with one hand on the tow
bar. Moving a Sea Fury takes a dozen or more friends.


There is always a right way, and a wrong way. A Sea Fury is made of much
stouter stuff than our Spam Cans.

In addition to the episode I described (in the thread "Dumb and Dumber")
I've seen people push on spinners to move planes, and I've seen people
pulling on props way out at the tip, too.

I really doubt that pulling on the tip of a prop would apply a force
even close to what the prop sees in service. Pushing on the elevator,
however, is a force quite unlike what the elevator sees in service.

Matt