Barring the smallest manned airplanes, most aircraft that are pulled around by a prop have variable pitch propellers. The reason for this is simple efficiency. Internal combustion engines are most ...
Barring the smallest manned airplanes, most aircraft that are pulled around by a prop have variable pitch propellers. The reason for this is simple efficiency. Internal combustion engines are most ...
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The propeller component of this assembly was manufactured by Ole Flottorp in Chicago, Illinois for James B. Lund and R.D. Dwight, also of Chicago, who designed and constructed a mammoth tandem ...
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