yaniv%mush.huji.ac.il@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (ran el-Yaniv) (07/27/90)
From: ran el-Yaniv <yaniv%mush.huji.ac.il@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU> The original Mk. I Spitfire had a two blade, fixed propeller. All war variants had 3 blade propellers with variable pitch. Late model (post-war) Griffon engined Spitfires may have had more blades.
dps@otter.hpl.hp.com (Duncan Smith) (08/01/90)
From: dps@otter.hpl.hp.com (Duncan Smith)
/ otter:sci.military / yaniv%mush.huji.ac.il@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (ran el-Yaniv) / 2:57 am Jul 27, 1990 /
From: ran el-Yaniv <yaniv%mush.huji.ac.il@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
>The original Mk. I Spitfire had a two blade, fixed propeller.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Surely it went round and round :-) :-) :-)
Duncan
[mod.note: At the risk of ruining a perfectly good joke, but to
prevent any confusion among less knowledgable readers, the "fixed
propeller," in this content, refers to a fixed-pitch propeller, as
opposed to the later variable-pitch props which allowed the pilot
to vary the angle of the propeller blades. - Bill ]