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Old 9th January 2013 | 15:55
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Dick Whittingham
 
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The early Hurricanes had the Merlin C with a two blade wooden fixed pitch prop. Later aircraft with the Merlin II or III upgraded to a metal 3 blade two position variable pitch prop and then to a constant speed prop

If you can find it see the film of an S6 with a RR "R" type and a fixed pitch wooden prop set for very high speed skipping sideways as it struggles to get airborne

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