Ive heard the TiltBar steering also affects the engine torque effect?
Torque absorption is a bonus with TiltBar steering – THERE IS NO TORQUE EFFECT EVEN DURING A FULL-POWER CLIMB OUT. Basically, what happens here is that the engine produces a certain amount of torque that rolls the airframe. In most powered parachutes this produces a turn, but in a Paladin aircraft with a lateral pivot point, it simply produces a roll under the TiltBar, which is in effect an equal turn in the opposite direction than the torque is turning the plane. The tilt bar system is laterally stabilizing. That is, if all the steering cables were disconnected then the bar would tilt itself into a straight ahead flying position by itself. This, in addition to the normal stability offered by the pendulum effect makes for a very stable ride. Also, the overhead attachment is far enough above the C.G.
