Tests of Two Full-Scale Propellers With Different Pitch Distributions, at Blade Angles Up to 60 Degrees (open access)

Tests of Two Full-Scale Propellers With Different Pitch Distributions, at Blade Angles Up to 60 Degrees

"Two 3-blade 10-foot propellers were operated in front of a liquid-cooled engine nacelle. The propellers differed only in pitch distribution; one had normal distribution (nearly constant pitch for a blade angle of 15 degrees at 0.75 radius), and the other had the pitch of the tip sections decreased with respect to that for the shank sections (blade angle of 35 degrees for nearly constant pitch distribution). Propeller blade angles at 0.75r from 15 degrees to sixty degrees, corresponding to design speeds up to 500 miles per hour, were investigated" (p. 327).
Date: April 14, 1938
Creator: Biermann, David & Hartman, Edwin P.
System: The UNT Digital Library