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Old 12th Aug 2008, 20:38
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krypton_john
 
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Tradeoffs. 2 Bladed is cheap to make and maintain but not as manoeverable and are slower.

Multibladed have a smaller diameter disk so may have lower tip speed hence less issues with retreating blade stall, disymmetry of lift and supersonic tip speeds and hence allow faster flight speed. Multibladed ships take up a lot more hangar space.
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