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Propellers for Military and Civil Aircraft

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2016

L. G. Fairhurst
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Extract

The main purpose of this paper is to outline the position which the propeller holds in current aircraft propulsion, its construction, operation and its future. The paper has been arranged in four parts, as follows:–

  1. 1. Present and future types of aircraft foreseen with propellers.

  2. 2. Engines for turbo-prop power units.

  3. 3. The Propeller.

  4. 4. The Future.

In the present military field propellers are used for the following types of aircraft:—Heavy transport and Army reconnaissance, for example the Beverley and Pioneer, Submarine reconnaissance, Naval Strike Fighters and R.A.F. Trainers as exemplified by the Gannet, Wyvern and Provost.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 60 , Issue 548 , August 1956 , pp. 515 - 522
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1956

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References

A Section Lecture given before the Society on 9th February 1956.