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Old 26th Sep 2012, 00:43
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Davaar
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and a contrarotating prop overcomes the situation.
Except in a single-engined aircraft. I did not fly them myself, but as I recall tha Wyvern had a truly mighty turbo-prop engine (Python) that drove two contra-rotating five-bladed (could that be?) props on the one "spindle" as it were. Throttle back too much on finals or landing and you had the dreaded "discing", a solid wall of propeller up-front that cut off airflow from the control surface aft. I was told that this could be disconcerting.
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