OH OK Roger that. I think I have once mentioned not being a blind follower of the tall tail supremacy

Gabs, Lofty means a tail like a tall tail with a HS in the middle is like a cross/cruciform...

Lofty, A tail further back from the prop blast and the HS riding in cleaner air will assist to resist some torque roll... but I am not totally convinced that a tall tail with the HS at center of the prop nor the Avo tail with the angled HS have much affect on torque roll anyway.... every action has an equal and opposite reaction.....

To me, the best way of reducing torque roll is to use a gearbox rather than a belt.... so the torque from the engine and the prop going the other direction cancel each other out a bit, whereas, if you have the engine and prop going the same direction, the torque reaction from both add together..... It would be even better if the downgoing blade of the prop is going down on the side the rotor is retreating too I reckon....

Why are you so worried about torque roll suddenly Lofty? Are you having trouble with annoying orange? Or is it just because of the Dubai accident? If so, I don't think that had anything whatsoever to do with torque roll.... so just shut up and fly

No not having trouble; just amusing myself.
Annoying Orange is behaving very nicely thank you.

All you have to do now, is get the backseat beefcake to be behaving very nicely and it will be even better....

Is it true after about 10 minutes into any flight, he keeps asking "are we there yet? Are we there yet?" (Just what I heard)

We never got a report on the tail wheel.... how is that going? Awesome?

Scotty I love you like a brother......so let's break that whole experience down.
You were on the ground sitting in the seat with all your 57-58 lbs right?
You were not hanging from your teeter bolt having the weight supported buy the spinning rotor while the prop was trying to twist the frame on the retrieving blade side......
I know you know where I am going with this........
Now you are blasting your horizontal with huge airflow.
Sure it will create lift.
Am I not seeing it right?

Anyhow all I am saying is that there is torque being applied to the airframe at all times, regardless of the tail or anything else,
In an unloaded rotor situation that could be bad,
But with the tall tail thing vs short tail, it is all in what you want, with a tall tail you just steer on takeoff and landing since it cancels out P factor.
On a short tail depending on how it is setup you may have to apply left or right rudder on takeoff and landing to compensate for P factor.
We'll have to talk about this more at Bensen Days

Anyhow all I am saying is that there is torque being applied to the airframe at all times, regardless of the tail or anything else,
In an unloaded rotor situation that could be bad,
But with the tall tail thing vs short tail, it is all in what you want, with a tall tail you just steer on takeoff and landing since it cancels out P factor.
On a short tail depending on how it is setup you may have to apply left or right rudder on takeoff and landing to compensate for P factor.
I prefer a fin and rudder type tail, not a fan of flying tails, tall or short, too much yaw back and forth.

We'll have to talk about this more at Bensen Days.

There's just something pure about pearl white!

I had a CBR600F4 Honda sportbike that was done in pearl white with gloss black rims and accents and it was a looker...girls really liked it too!!

Is this going to be yours Gabor? We can call it the Great White Hope!!! Or would that be racist???!!!

This one .... as I have mentioned it.....goes to China.