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Old 16th February 2011 | 22:00
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Jane-DoH
 
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I'm guessing the rounded tips would produce a smaller vortex at the tip. A prop is basically a spinning wing and you have a pressure differential on the front and back-sides, and a spill-over on the tips which form the vortices.
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