tinyclark Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Why are the prop tips flat, or squared off. Anything is writing that 'splains it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3_Super_Bee Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 (edited) Why are the prop tips flat, or squared off. Anything is writing that 'splains it? Being a P-3 guy, with ours rounded was splained to me that P-3's had "speed props" and Herk's had "Power Props" Now how that works out, I don't know, me not a design engineer... Quick search shows that... from over at PPRUNE Squared tips produce more thrust at low speeds. Edited February 17, 2010 by P3_Super_Bee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSgtRet Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Here I always thought is was to give the MC-130s a little extra clearance when using their "Tree Following Radar" :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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