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Old 22nd Feb 2011, 10:01
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Two for go, three for show as the old saying goes, though it doesn't really tell the whole story.

Three bladers are generally a bit quieter and can give better acceleration however two bladers generally give a faster cruise speed.

More blades are generally used to give better ground clearance and or to absorb more power where it isn't practical to run a two blade prop.

Interesting Piper had to increase the power on the PA31-310 to 325 when they installed the CR engines in order to get the same cruise speed. Non CR aircraft are faster for the same horsepower than CR aircraft.
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