单词 | contrapropeller |
释义 | contrapropellern. One of a pair of propellers having concentric shafts and rotating in opposite directions; a contra-rotating propeller. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > propulsion machinery > [noun] > propeller > types of screw propeller1835 screw1839 reversing propeller1849 contrapropeller1927 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > means of propulsion > [noun] > aircraft engine > propeller > types of propeller tractor1903 contrapropeller1927 controllable-pitch1929 fixed-pitch propeller1931 contraprop1940 propfan1970 propulsor1975 1927 N. Skene Elem. Yacht Design (1936) xvii. 227 The Star contrapropeller..consists of fixed blades just abaft the propeller, set at an angle to extract a forward thrust from the rotation of the propeller jet. 1939 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 43 109 Tests of an eight-blade contra-propeller of 32-in. diameter..were made in the wind tunnel at Stanford University. Derivatives ˈcontraprop n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > means of propulsion > [noun] > aircraft engine > propeller > types of propeller tractor1903 contrapropeller1927 controllable-pitch1929 fixed-pitch propeller1931 contraprop1940 propfan1970 propulsor1975 1940 Flight 25 Jan. 86/1 Twin engines mounted one behind the other in the fuselage, driving contra-props. 1940 Times 28 Mar. 10/6 A ‘contraprop’..is a co-axial, oppositely rotating airscrew. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < |
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