Engine Gyroscopic Effects
Engine Gyroscopic Effects
(OP)
Are the gyroscopic effects of a jet engine rotating assembly in small (fighter) aircraft significant? It seems that they would tend to couple pitch and yaw, but this is really out of my area. Are they dealt with via counter-rotating spools within the engine, control system modifications, or not at all?





RE: Engine Gyroscopic Effects
In most other aircraft, precession would be taken care of in the flight control system.
Nigel Waterhouse
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A licensed aircraft mechanic and graduate engineer. Attended university in England and graduated in 1996. Currenty,living in British Columbia,Canada, working as a design engineer responsible for aircraft mods and STC's.