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    In aeronautics, a variable-pitch propeller is a type of propeller (airscrew) with blades that can be rotated around their long axis to change the blade...
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    propulsion, a variable-pitch propeller is a type of propeller with blades that can be rotated around their long axis to change the blade pitch. Reversible...
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  • Variable-pitch propeller can refer to: Variable-pitch propeller (marine) Variable-pitch propeller (aeronautics) This disambiguation page lists articles...
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    The blade pitch may be fixed, manually variable to a few set positions, or of the automatically variable "constant-speed" type. The propeller attaches...
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    In aeronautics, a canard is a wing configuration in which a small forewing or foreplane is placed forward of the main wing of a fixed-wing aircraft or...
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  • aircraft to be designed with a variable-pitch propeller, to give maximum thrust over a larger speed range. A fine pitch would be used during take-off and...
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    Supercavitating propeller – Marine propeller designed to operate with a full cavitation bubble Variable-pitch propeller – Propeller with blades that...
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    "Industrial Inspection Drone". Pitch Aeronautics. Retrieved 14 February 2019. Sachse, H. (1926). "Kirsten-Boeing Propeller". Technical Report, National...
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    Aircraft equipped with contra-rotating propellers (CRP) coaxial contra-rotating propellers, or high-speed propellers, apply the maximum power of usually...
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    Turboprop (redirect from Turbo-propeller)
    such as on the Honeywell TPE331. The propeller itself is normally a constant-speed (variable pitch) propeller type similar to that used with larger aircraft...
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  • element momentum theory Propeller Variable-pitch propeller (disambiguation) Propeller (aeronautics) Ground-adjustable propeller Cavitation Deep Blue Yacht...
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    established by the French aeronautical inventor Lucien Chauvière and his commercial success with his scimitar-shaped Integrale propeller design, they were made...
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    Standard Propeller Corporation where he further developed the controllable-pitch propeller. The controllable-pitch or variable-pitch propeller tied together...
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    In aeronautics, a ducted fan is a thrust-generating mechanical fan or propeller mounted within a cylindrical duct or shroud. Other terms include ducted...
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    Airplane (section Propeller)
    fixed-wing aircraft that is propelled forward by thrust from a jet engine, propeller, or rocket engine. Airplanes come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and wing...
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    occur involving pitch and yaw degrees of freedom of the propeller and the engine supports leading to an unstable precession of the propeller. Failure of the...
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    science of aviation, including designing and building aircraft, is called aeronautics. Crewed aircraft are flown by an onboard pilot, whereas unmanned aerial...
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    AD-1 had a full-span wing structure with variable sweep. The classic aerofoil section wing is unstable in pitch, and requires some form of horizontal stabilizing...
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    propellers at APMC. In 1922 he founded Paragon Engineers inc, and demonstrated the first engine-powered and controlled, variable and reversible pitch...
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    be generated to aid braking after landing by reversing the pitch of variable-pitch propeller blades, or using a thrust reverser on a jet engine. Rotary...
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    rolls to the right. Small to medium-size aircraft, usually limited to propeller-driven, feature a mechanical system whereby the yoke is connected directly...
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    Hamilton Standard (category Aircraft propeller manufacturers)
    Frank W. Caldwell of Hamilton Standard led a team that developed a variable-pitch propeller, using hydraulic pressure and centrifugal force to change the angle...
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    the Hamilton Standard company of America for the manufacture of variable-pitch propellers at a cost of about £20,000.[citation needed] Licence negotiations...
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    spinner is an aircraft component, a streamlined fairing fitted over a propeller hub or at the centre of a turbofan engine. Spinners both make the aircraft...
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    Beginner's Guide to Aeronautics, NASA Glenn Research Center Horizontal stabilizer - elevator, NASA, On some aircraft, the pitch stability and control...
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    propeller is a simple type of aircraft variable-pitch propeller where the blade angle can be adjusted between pre-set limits of fine and coarse pitch...
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    (Grob Aerospace before January 2009). The E variant with a 3-blade variable pitch propeller is in service with the Finnish Air Force, the Royal Navy and Army...
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    the 1970s, Rolls-Royce/SNECMA tested a M45SD-02 turbofan fitted with variable-pitch fan blades to improve handling at ultralow fan pressure ratios and to...
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    the challenges of competitive free-flight rubber flying, and variable-pitch propellers, differential wing and tailplane incidence and rudder settings...
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    little or no camber although in some cases the blade design was based on propeller theory. The machines, driven by steam turbines, were used for industrial...
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