In article <pl0dvcdsroc2d54vhgs6oh6uqnajhdujeu@4ax.com>, not my real pseudonym
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>On 29 Oct 2017 16:15:38 -0700, Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com>
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>>In article <XnsA81B4BB6B80C0noemailattnet@216.166.97.131>, Mitchell Holman
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>>Can't seem to find anything on this with its three sweptback-blades...anyone got
>>any info?
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>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_O._Fisher
>...about halfway down the page:
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>Early tests with transonic compressibility.
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>"The desire to develop a propeller that maintained its efficiency at
>transonic and supersonic speeds led the Curtiss-Wright Propeller
>Division to design and test several different concepts, including a
>thin, cuffed four-blade and a three-bladed "scimitar" design.
>Utilizing a specially modified P-47D-30-RE on loan from the USAAF,[N
>6] Fisher undertook over 100 high Mach number precision dives from
>38,000 ft (11,582 m) at speeds from 500 mph (800 km/h) to 590 mph (950
>km/h).[N 7] The typical flight began above 35,000 ft (10,668 m) when
>Fisher would push over into a steep dive, allowing his airspeed to
>build beyond 560 mph (900 km/h) (true airspeed).[21] He would then
>execute a pullout at 18,000 ft (5,486 m), having to maintain an
>exacting set altitude within plus or minus five ft.[9]"
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