History, Design, and Technical Description of Aeroproducts Constant Speed Propellers for Piston Engines (1 Viewer)

[Tom Fey]

If you want to know who designed the Aeroproducts propellers used in WWII (some P-39's; all P-63 and P-51K aircraft) and how they work, please take look at the Aircraft Engine Historical Society's video found here:


View: https://youtu.be/4HR_2A48cSg

 

[SaparotRob]

It's incredible how those things stay together, let alone operate, with those forces. The self tightening bit using propellor movement is genius.

 

[BobB]

Anyone interested in the subject needs to read "Reinventing the Propeller" by Jeremy Kinney. I had to get it through interlibrary loan.