Originally Posted by tangofox007 View Post
They tried "spinning" engines in aircraft in the early days. There was a bit of a problem with the gyroscopic effect.

They really didn't just "try" it. All large aircraft engines on commercial passenger as well as all aircraft in the AirForce, up too the Jet engine, were of the "radial" type and really were spinning engines

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