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Old 4th Jul 2001, 16:27
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The Avweb article is very good, but to add a tad of info, props that use oil pressure and a spring in opposition are known as "single acting", whereas props that use two different sources of oil pressure in opposition are known as "double acting."

e..g a light single and a light twin can both be "single acting", although as the Avweb article says the forces work in opposite axis.