Then you wouldn't want to be around a P-39 Airacobra:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_P-39_Airacobra
which has a similar arrangement, or a Sikorsky H-19 helicopter:
where the radial engine is mounted in the nose for balance and the driveshaft
passes between the pilots, less than a foot from their shoulders.
Chris
>
>That airplane is brilliant! Not so sure how I feel about having a
>propeller shaft spinning two inches away from my giblets, though.
>
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
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