Improved performance in form of reduced take-off run, increased rate of climb, and higher cruising speed attained with propeller operating at constant speed, as compared with fixed pitch design; variation in pitch accomplished by means of mechanism using change in thrust as motivating force.
Evolution of automatic, variable-pitch propeller
Soc Automotive Engrs -- J
Society of Automotive Engineers -- Journal ; 55 , n 10 ; p 40-43
1947
4 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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