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Old 1st Dec 2017, 03:47
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megan
 
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The activity factor is the ratio of the collective area of the propeller blades to the area of the propeller disc
NASA papers tend to use the words "solidity" and "total activity factor" interchangeably, whereas "activity factor" is confined to talking about a single blade in isolation.

solidity (total activity factor) = activity factor X number of blades
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