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  2. Supermarine Spitfire (early Merlin-powered variants) - Wikipedia

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    The engine was a Rolls-Royce Merlin 47 driving a four-bladed Rotol propeller of 10 ft 9 in (3.27 m) diameter; the new propeller provided increased thrust at high altitudes, where the atmosphere is much thinner. To help smooth out airflow around the wingtips the standard rounded types were replaced by extended, pointed versions extending the ...

  3. Supermarine Spitfire (Griffon-powered variants) - Wikipedia

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    A four blade Rotol propeller of 10 ft 5 in (3.1 m) was used. [13] Apart from these differences the Mk IV airframe was closely related to that of the Merlin-powered Mk III. One feature of the Griffon engine which was to catch a lot of pilots out was that the propeller rotated in the opposite direction to that of the Merlin; i.e.,: to the left ...

  4. Lockheed C-130 Hercules - Wikipedia

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    Four-bladed Hamilton Standard propellers replaced the Aero Products' three-blade propellers that distinguished the earlier A-models. The C-130B had ailerons operated by hydraulic pressure that was increased from 2,050 to 3,000 psi (14.1 to 20.7 MPa), as well as uprated engines and four-blade propellers that were standard until the J-model.

  5. Contra-rotating propellers - Wikipedia

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    The NK-110, which was tested in the late 1980s, had a contra-rotating propeller configuration with four blades in front and four in back, like the NK-12. Its 190-inch propeller diameter (4.7-metre) was smaller than the NK-12's 220–240 in (5.6–6.2 m) diameter, but it produced a power output of 21,007 hp (15,665 kW), delivering a takeoff ...

  6. Propeller (aeronautics) - Wikipedia

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    Thin blade sections are used and the blades are swept back in a scimitar shape (scimitar propeller) in a manner similar to wing sweepback, so as to delay the onset of shockwaves as the blade tips approach the speed of sound. The maximum relative velocity is kept as low as possible by careful control of pitch to allow the blades to have large ...

  7. Helicopter rotor - Wikipedia

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    An example of two-blade rotor is the Bell 212, and four blade version of this helicopter is the Bell 412. [23] An example of the effect of rotor blade number is the UH-72 ( EC145 variant ); the A model had four blades, but the UH-72B was changed to five blades which reduced vibration. [ 24 ]