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USMCmech · November 25th, 2004, 02:19

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"the propellers on twins certificated overseas usually rotate counterclockwise as seen from the pilot seat, so the situation is reversed - for those airplanes, the right engine is the critcal engine"

my question is why do they do this?

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The same reason that the British drive on the left side of the road.

Just because.

There isn't any advantage to wither direction, but that's just how things got standardized.

I don't personaly know of ANY light twins made with twin left turning engines.

November 25th, 2004, 02:19	#2
USMCmech Old Skool Join Date: May 2004 Location: Dallas TX Posts: 1,729	Re: propeller direction of foreign certificated twins [ QUOTE ] "the propellers on twins certificated overseas usually rotate counterclockwise as seen from the pilot seat, so the situation is reversed - for those airplanes, the right engine is the critcal engine" my question is why do they do this? [/ QUOTE ] The same reason that the British drive on the left side of the road. Just because. There isn't any advantage to wither direction, but that's just how things got standardized. I don't personaly know of ANY light twins made with twin left turning engines.