Review of present position and future outlook; importance of blade diameter is stressed; experience indicates that engine powers up to 6000 hp can be handled by contra-rotation, between 2400 and 6000 hp mark there will have to be increase in number of blades, introducing 8-blade (double four) and 10-blade airplane propellers; in not-too-distant future contrarotating airplane propellers will be driven through 2-speed reduction gears, and will be equipped to operate as brake.
Contra-rotating airscrews
Flight
Flight ; 46 , n 1869
1944
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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