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Old 5th Mar 2016, 20:05
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Jan Olieslagers
 
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With no more specifics, only a generality: all other parameters equal, less blades will give better efficiency but will require larger diameter, and will produce more noise.

There's a thousand things more to be said though, a propeller blade is like a wing, it has angle of attack and chord and aspect ratio and thickness, perhaps even warp, and what not.

Not even to begin about constant speed vs. ground adjustable vs. whatever else.
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