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Old 29th Nov 2008, 11:46
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IO540
 
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Physics is physics.

The prop is no more than a screw which screws itself into the air around it, and the variable pitch mechanism is the gearbox

So a plane isn't going to magically do 10,000,000 miles while a car would do only 200,000 miles, on the same kind of propulsion device technology.
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