Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
I think there's confusion by him (or possibly you) between the Mosquito, which didn't have C/R props in any marks and the Hornet/Sea Hornet, which did.
By 'C/R' do you mean 2 contra rotating props ? As far as I understood it, Eric Brown meant the single prop on one side went clockwise, and the other went counter-clockwise, thus eliminating swing. It was not a matter of maximising the power through the prop, just enhancing the behaviour of the aircraft. Am trying to find the book in which he said this, but it may takes some time. But of course, my memory may be faulty.