Fear of Landing

APRIL 19, 2024

Then he followed the installation procedure, including the mast nut torque application. The mast nut torque application is a critical procedure, which ensures that the rotor assembly remains attached to the main rotor mast. He asked a mechanic to come and verify the mast nut torque.

Torque 94

Torque Indicated Airspeed Tail Knot 94

Photographic Logbook

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

The chirping we heard was due to excess torque-related motion of the powerplant in the engine compartment. Ray later found that the nuts securing the remaining three mounts were insufficiently torqued by whomever mounted that engine before the Williamson Flying Club bought the airplane in 2021. It was undamaged, it just came apart.

Torque 52

Torque Airplanes Clearance Horizontal Stabilizer 52

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Six days later, Valley Forge launched the Navy’s first carrier-borne airstrikes of the war and VA-55 Skyraiders attacked airfields in Pyongyang, North Korea, destroying hangars, aircraft, and fuel depots. I was prepared for the torque because people told me about it, but I was pushing as hard as I could to keep it straight.

Pilot 105

Pilot Airplanes Runway Cockpit 105

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

After shutting down and being towed back to the hangar, he discovered he had mistakenly set his rudder trim to the left instead of the right. Had he taken off in that configuration, the engines torque, P-factor, gyroscopic precession, and spiraling slipstream would have sent him into an uncontrollable left turnan almost certain disaster.

Pilot 105

Pilot Torque Rudder Runway 105

Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The sound of a round engine, the feel of power and torque, and the legacy of military aviation all in one enchanting package. Repainted in 1996 and hangared since then, it sports a bold white and red paint scheme, with a red star and Cyrillic revealing its Russian roots.

Torque 62

Torque Airplanes Thrust Hangar 62

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Another advantage of the counter-rotating props is the elimination of torque roll. This is the tendency to dig in the left tip float during takeoff while countering engine torque. At that point the project is trucked 5 miles to the Prineville Airport where final assembly takes place in a hangar.

Airplanes 80

Airplanes Rudder Knot Aileron 80

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

was removed from the National Mall in May 2019 and shipped for storage and refurbishment at the Udvar-Hay Center, and later refurbishment in the center’s Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar. Currently, the 109 is being repainted in the Engen Restoration Hangar, but will soon be made ready for shipment back to Washington D.C.,

Hangar 116

Hangar Torque Ferry Flight Pilot 116