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Old 10-07-2011 | 07:35 AM
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beppeVRCS
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Default RE: Why use a 3-bladed prop
My 2 cents is that you use a three blade prop (apart from look and scale requirements) when you do not have enough clearance for a 2 blade prop... increasing the number of blades decreases efficiency. Sophisticated high efficiency systems have one blade only!
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