REFLECTOR: To cant or not to cant?

[Richard J. Gentil]

Don,

I put mine as close to the centerline as I could. Part of my goal was to have the Velocity run down the centerline of the runway with the least amount of rudder/break as possible. 

Richard 

Sent from my iPhone 4 Classic

On Sep 3, 2012, at 12:52 PM, Don Johnston <numa at comcast.net> wrote:

> A question for the hive mind:
> 
> Should the engine on a Velocity (or any other pusher configuration) be canted? And if so, in what direction?
> 
> Granted, we don't have to worry about the spiraling slipstream, but what about torque and p-factor? Do those need to be compensated for with a canted engine? Or do we ignore it during the build and fix it with rudder shimming?
> 
> Just wondering...
> 
> Don
> 
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