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grub
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Joined: 27/11/2007
Location: Australia
Posts: 169

Posted: 09:53pm 10 Oct 2015

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While browsing the net I came across this site with an interesting take on blade design.
I figure it would take a bit of skill to whip up a set of these :)

Pete Locke
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Joined: 26/06/2013
Location: New Zealand
Posts: 182

Posted: 08:29pm 11 Oct 2015

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Fascinating.... If they were that good, my aeroplane would have one out the front pulling it through the sky

flc1
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Joined: 20/11/2011
Location: New Zealand
Posts: 242

Posted: 02:35pm 13 Oct 2015

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checked out the site grub, yea a bit of skill there, looks like it would be fairly low rpm,so clearly not suited to a plane ha!

DaveP68

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Joined: 25/11/2014
Location: New Zealand
Posts: 292

Posted: 05:28pm 15 Oct 2015

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I'm with flci on this one as new design acts more like a sail on a yacht and has no place on an aircraft.. Have a pilots licence so I should know what a functional prop should like.

There are realities if you do not accept, will lead to frustration because you will be spending time on wrong assumptions and the results cannot follow! The Dunning Kruger Effect :)

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