Contra Rotating Propeller Drive System User Guide（反旋转的螺旋桨驱动系统用户指南）.pdf

1 Contra Rotating Propeller Drive System User Guide Introduction Congratulations! You have just purchased a Contra-Rotating Propeller Drive System, which has been specially designed for use in f3a pattern competition. Contra-Rotating Drive systems for full scale airplanes have been known since World War II, but since then, despite their many advantages, they have only seen occasional use in certain military applications. This has been for two reasons. 1. When Contra-Rotating Propeller Technology was being developed the jet engine was also being introduced, and while Contra-Rotating Propeller Systems had efficiency advantages over jet engines, jet engines held out the promise of more performance, and airplanes that could fly higher and faster than the speed of sound. 2. In the commercial airline industry the ability to fly jets at great heights, and with less cabin noise, also won out over the efficiency benefits of Contra-Rotating Systems. Benefits However, for pattern flying the advantages that a Contra-Rotating System offers are considerable: 1. Contra-Rotating Propellers eliminate the gyroscopic effects that exist when flying with a single propeller. Gyroscopic effects cause an airplane to yaw whenever the elevator is applied. The more elevator that is applied, the greater this yawing effect. Contra-Rotating systems eliminate this, so there is no yawing of the airplane whenever the elevator is applied, and consequently, no radio mixing is required to remove it. 2. Contra-Rotating Propellers significantly reduce the maximum torque that goes into the fuselage of the airplane. With a single propeller system the torque that goes into turning the propeller also reacts out against the motor mounts and the fuselage of the airplane, so if the motor is generating 5 N.m of torque