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• Fastest propeller-driven aircraft — A number of aircraft have claimed to be the fastest propeller driven aircraft. This article presents the current record holders for several sub classes of propeller driven aircracft that hold recognized, documented speed records. Fédération… …   Wikipedia

• Propeller — A propeller is essentially a type of fan which transmits power by converting rotational motion into thrust for propulsion of a vehicle such as an aircraft, ship, or submarine through a mass such as water or air, by rotating two or more twisted… …   Wikipedia

• Propeller synchronization — In aviation, propeller synchronization is a mechanism that automatically synchronizes all propellers of a multiengine, propeller driven aircraft so that they rotate at the same speed.Propeller synchronization serves mainly to increase the comfort …   Wikipedia

• propeller plane — noun an airplane that is driven by a propeller • Hypernyms: ↑airplane, ↑aeroplane, ↑plane • Hyponyms: ↑double prop, ↑double propeller plane, ↑twin prop, ↑twin propeller plane, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• propeller — n. 1 a person or thing that propels. 2 a revolving shaft with blades, esp. for propelling a ship or aircraft (cf. screw propeller). Phrases and idioms: propeller shaft a shaft transmitting power from an engine to a propeller or to the driven… …   Useful english dictionary

• propeller — /preuh pel euhr/, n. 1. a device having a revolving hub with radiating blades, for propelling an airplane, ship, etc. 2. a person or thing that propels. 3. the bladed rotor of a pump that drives the fluid axially. 4. a wind driven, usually three… …   Universalium

• propeller — A rotating airfoil driven by an airplane engine. The function of a propeller is the conversion of engine shaft torque into thrust to propel the airplane through the air. It produces thrust approximately perpendicular to its plane of rotation. The …   Aviation dictionary

• Driven well — Well Well, n. [OE. welle, AS. wella, wylla, from weallan to well up, surge, boil; akin to D. wel a spring or fountain. ????. See {Well}, v. i.] [1913 Webster] 1. An issue of water from the earth; a spring; a fountain. [1913 Webster] Begin, then,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• propeller — pro•pel•ler [[t]prəˈpɛl ər[/t]] n. 1) aer. a device having a revolving hub with radiating blades, for propelling an airplane, ship, etc 2) a person or thing that propels 3) hyd the bladed rotor of a pump that drives the fluid axially 4) ene a… …   From formal English to slang

• Controllable pitch propeller — A controllable pitch propeller (CPP) or variable pitch propeller is a type of propeller with blades that can be rotated around their long axis to change their pitch. If the pitch can be set to negative values, the reversible propeller can also… …   Wikipedia

• Molecular propeller — Pumping of water by the hydrophobic surface molecular propeller Molecular propeller is a molecule that can propel fluids when rotated, due to its special shape that is designed in analogy to macroscopic propellers [1] [2] …   Wikipedia