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The propellers on some aircraft can operate with a negative blade pitch angle, and thus reverse the thrust from the propeller. This is known as Beta Pitch. Reverse thrust is used to help slow the aircraft after landing and is particularly advantageous when landing on a wet runway as wheel braking suffers reduced effectiveness.
Designation of aircraft converted from 182G airframes. [6] Wren 460H Designation of aircraft converted from new 182H airframes. Certified June 1965. [6] Wren 460P Conversions by Advanced Lift Systems (later Peterson's Performance Plus). Modified from used 182H through 182M airframes, no option for reversible propeller. [3] Wren 460QB "Quiet Bird".
Aircraft whose primary form of thrust is derived from a propeller as opposed to a jet engine. Subcategories This category has the following 11 subcategories, out of 11 total.
Hartzell Propeller - United States (1917–present) Hegy Propellers - United States; Heine Propellers - Germany; Helix-Carbon - Germany; Hercules Propellers - UK; F. Hills & Sons - UK; Historic Propellers - Czech Republic (2012 - present) Hoffmann Propeller - Germany (1955–present) Hordern-Richmond - UK (1937-circa 1990)
A trimotor is a propeller-driven aircraft powered by three internal combustion engines, characteristically one on the nose and one on each wing. A compromise between complexity and safety, such a configuration was typically a result of the limited power of the engines available to the designer.
A pusher aircraft is a type of aircraft using propellers placed behind the engines and may be classified according to engine/propeller location and drive as well as the lifting surfaces layout (conventional or 3 surface, canard, joined wing, tailless and rotorcraft), Some aircraft have a Push-pull configuration with both tractor and pusher engines.
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The Lockheed YO-3 Quiet Star is an American single-engined, propeller-driven aircraft that was developed for battlefield observation during the Vietnam War. Designed to be as quiet as possible, it was intended to observe troop movements in near-silence during the hours of darkness.