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Re: UK2 VW131 Avro ShackletonGR1 1949 Farnborough.jpg Fairbairn Associates
Orval Fairbairn (orfairbairn@earthlink.net) 2014/09/20 21:08

In article <499d0$541e2b21$4b590a91$6674@ALLTEL.NET>,
 Bob Taylor <news@windstream.net> wrote:

> I can see the advantage of double propellers for a single engine
> plane, but with four engines, what advantage is there to outweigh the
> added complexity?

Needed to keep tip speeds down and to absorb the power.

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