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propeller
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pro·pel·ler
/ prəˈpelər/
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a mechanical device for propelling a boat or aircraft, consisting of a revolving shaft with two or more broad, angled blades attached to it.
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Propeller basics
Magazine article from: Plane and Pilot; 11/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...nearer the hub; and the propeller pitch could be changed...blades and the hub. Propellers of this type are now...identified by stamping the propeller hub with the serial...number of times that the propeller has been reconditioned...advantage of aluminum propellers is the low cost of...
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Propeller sleeve is timer saver.(Technews)
Magazine article from: Marine Log; 8/1/2007; 511 words
; ...Kamewa fixed pitch propellers from Rolls-Royce...designed for optimized propeller efficiency and...its fixed-pitch propellers, Rolls-Royce...the Kamewa-SKF propeller sleeve. The sleeve...of fixed-pitch propellers, provides full...between operating propeller and spare ...
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Propeller mysteries
Magazine article from: Plane and Pilot; 11/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...engine may fire, causing the propeller to begin rotating instantly...standing within the arc of the propeller? If the propeller must be moved for any reason...but remember that not all propellers turn in a clockwise direction...
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Nakashima Propeller Selects Voltaire To Expedite Ship Propeller Design.
Business Wire; 1/29/2009; 700+ words
; ...manufacture of ship propellers. Nakashima Propeller is among the world...needed for new propellers. "A well-designed propeller makes all the difference...system, Nakashima Propeller can speed up design time for new propellers while saving costs...
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Reinventing the propeller: an innovative marine propulsion concept--as old as the invention of the propeller itself--will finally make its commercial debut next year in Japan. Jon Excell discusses the CRP Azipod.(Power Transmission)
Magazine article from: The Engineer; 7/11/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...propulsion. Conventional ship propellers, propeller shafts, reduction gear...directions. Also, because two propellers share the load, propellers with smaller diameters...the clearance between the propeller tip and the hull and reduces...
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Dominion Propeller Corp. (North Stars: the 49th State's small business success stories.) (Company Profile)
Magazine article from: Alaska Business Monthly; 2/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...Allsup, president of Dominion Propeller Corp., sits in his office...become the hallmark of Dominion Propeller. Landon Smith, supervisor...Only Dominion works on those propellers. Deal insists that even when...at all, but the only other propeller shop in Anchorage works only...
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Boat-Propeller-Related Injuries - Texas, 1997, Part 1.
Newspaper article from: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report; 5/8/1998; 700+ words
; ...drowning, falls, burns, and propeller-related injuries. Injuries from the propeller are typically multiple...sustaining injuries from boat propellers can require long periods...the extent of boat-propeller-related injuries is unknown...
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BROTHERS' PROPELLER DESIGN YIELDS RESULTS.(LOCAL)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 10/6/2002; 700+ words
; ...but the use of a propeller to push or pull an...considered anything but propellers, in their day flying...Unlike a marine propeller, which pushes a ship...the Wright aircraft propeller generated thrust aerodynamically...Before constructing the propellers, the Wrights used...
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Probers Find Propeller Flaw In Wreckage of Tower Plane
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/11/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...investigators and the propeller manufacturer as they...could have caused one propeller on the plane to pull...planes with the same propellers, although the order...the Hamilton Standard propeller was noted during a...accident teardown of the propellers, but said it is far...
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Philadelphia Bourse Inc. acquires propeller division of Sensenich Corp.
PR Newswire; 9/5/1989; 700+ words
; ...company. Sensenich Propeller Co. manufactures...pitch aluminum propellers for small general...addition, Sensenich Propeller Co. services...pitch aluminum propellers used in a variety...brands of aluminum propellers and propeller accessories...
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propeller
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
...ten-gun sloop . Propeller design proceeded...expansion types, propellers increased in numbers...and pitch of the propeller blades. Later...and six-bladed propellers were introduced...undocking. Their propellers, of the controllable...s propulsion propeller further increases...
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propeller head
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Internet
propeller head A term synonymous with GEEK : someone who has an extremely good knowledge of computer technology. See also ALPHA GEEK .
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cavitation
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
cavitation is the loss of effective propeller thrust. It is caused by the impact of water against the propeller when vacuum pockets collapse. The vacuum pockets form when the propeller blade moves too quickly for the surrounding water to fill...
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tug
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
...Schneider Cycloidal propeller system (see Fig...nozzle within which the propellers rotate: the fixed...conventional single propeller on a fixed shaft...tug except that the propellers and fixed shafts have...Schneider Cycloidal propeller systems, or azimuthing...
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Jet Engine
Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of Science
...described above, it turns the airplane's propeller. Much greater propeller speeds can be attained by this combination...are possible with simple piston-driven propeller planes. However, propellers cannot operate at high air speeds. The...
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