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Steven Shelikoff
 
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Default push vs pull vis a vis rudders

On 31 Mar 2004 00:37:12 GMT, (JAXAshby) wrote:

you can't see it, you can't measure it, you can't detect that it is there at
all, but it still exists? How is that?


You can measure it. You can detect if it's there or not. All you need
are stress sensors on the rudder post to measure what the rudder is
doing.


how about the "stress sensors" you have on the steering wheel or tiller. What
are *they* telling you?


One thing they may not be telling you is the small amount lateral force
generated by a prop in reverse.

Steve