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CONTRA-ROTATING PROPELLER [1 record]

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Record 1 2001-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Propulsion Systems
CONT

Pending resolution of turbo-propeller engine development problems, the first was fitted with the enormous Rolls-Royce Eagle 22 piston engine with eight bladed contra-rotating airscrew.

OBS

Mounted on concentric shafts, having a common drive and rotating in opposite directions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Propulsion des aéronefs

Spanish

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