Propeller Driven facts
While investigating facts about Propeller Driven Car and Propeller Driven Aircraft, I found out little known, but curios details like:
A soldier posted on Peleliu in 1944 craved ice-cream so much that together with aircraft engineers put a can filled with milk onto the underside of each wing tip of their planes, attaching a stirring shaft to a wind-driven propeller and then taking off. They made 100 portions of ice every day.
how fast can propeller driven planes fly?
The US armed forces have added a load of propeller driven aircraft to their ranks (think WWII style). They can still bomb targets, shoot bad guys and do reconnaissance BUT they cost $600 PH to run as opposed to the $16K for jets, and missiles find it hard to target them.
What force causes a propeller-driven airplane to move?
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for a propeller driven aircraft what is the significance of l/d max?
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Wailing sound of dive bombers Ju 87 is produced by propeller-driven siren to intimidate enemies
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Before the B-52 was available in the 1950s, the U.S. used a massive 6 engine propeller driven bomber that was so large it was even used to test carrying an operational nuclear reactor and even carrying fighters to defend itself. It was called the "peacemaker".
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The 'SS' prefix in a ship's name refers to 'Screw Steamer', a propeller-driven steamship.
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The Bennie Railplane: a prototype suspended rail vehicle driven by a propeller desinged in the 1920's in Scotland.
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The first screw propeller-driven steamship was named the SS Archimedes
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Somebody started production on a 3-wheeled, propeller-driven car called the Fascination in the 1960s
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The last time US troops were attacked by enemy aircraft was during the Korean War on Apr. 15, 1953, when two U.S. soldiers were attacked and killed by a propeller-driven aircraft supporting Chinese and North Korean troops.
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When one of the first aircraft carriers was designed (HMS Argus), the superstructure was postponed on the starboard side due to the tendency of propeller driven aircraft to veer to the left on takeoff due to torque. This arrangement has not changed since.
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The XF-84H, the fastest prop driven aircraft ever created, was so loud it could be heard, at idle, over 25 miles away. Also the propeller blades spun so fast they created a visible sonic boom and even gave one man a seizure, during a ground test.
