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Old 04-10-2008 | 12:41 PM
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Default RE: 3 blades - easier?

Never heard that before, some props pull less air so you can slow down more but that is diameter and pitch not number of blades.
Some people say 3 blades are less efficient than 2 blades and I think some testing on air turbulence over the blades may tend to prove this.
All that said it depends more on the airplane and pilots skills than the prop. You can only slow a plane down so much before it stalls and that is certainly not good.
I have only used a 3 blade prop on one airplane, P-51 PTS by Hangar 9, and then switch to a 2 blade. I never noticed a difference in the way it landed. Again, I had to keep some speed up on the plane to keep from stalling.