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    A propeller (colloquially often called a screw if on a ship or an airscrew if on an aircraft) is a device with a rotating hub and radiating blades that...
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    the cylinders, it is called an inverted inline engine: this allows the propeller to be mounted high up to increase ground clearance, enabling shorter landing...
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    propeller, also called an airscrew, converts rotary motion from an engine or other power source into a swirling slipstream which pushes the propeller...
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  • to: Propeller (aeronautics) Propeller Records, a record label Propeller (band), an Estonian punk band Propellers (band), an English band Propeller (Guided...
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    In aviation, a propeller strike, or prop strike, also called a sudden stoppage, is an event in which an aircraft's propeller contacts any object and is...
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    A toroidal propeller is a type of propeller that is ring-shaped with each blade forming a closed loop. The propellers are significantly quieter at audible...
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    Turboprop (redirect from Turbo-propeller)
    A turboprop is a turbine engine that drives an aircraft propeller. A turboprop consists of an intake, reduction gearbox, compressor, combustor, turbine...
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    A ducted propeller, also known as a Kort nozzle, is a marine propeller fitted with a non-rotating nozzle. It is used to improve the efficiency of the...
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  • In aviation, propeller synchronization is a mechanism that automatically synchronizes all propellers of a multi-engine, propeller-driven aircraft so that...
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    Drive shaft (redirect from Propeller shaft)
    drive shaft, driveshaft, driving shaft, tailshaft (Australian English), propeller shaft (prop shaft), or Cardan shaft (after Girolamo Cardano) is a component...
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