Propellers: Principles and Types

Duration: 17 min

Creator: Army Air Forces / Castle Films

Format: 16mm

Sound: Sound

Description: Explains reasons for varying sizes and number of blades on different aircraft, why a propeller is twisted and why its angle is changed. Functions of fixed pitch, two-position, Hamilton Constant Speed, Hamilton Hydromatic, Curtiss Electric, and Aero Products propellers are shown.

Complete Record: Category: Aviation Industry Subcategory: Slide Film Type: Motion Picture Source: AAF Castle Catalog number: TFl-246 Price: $16.41. Format code: 16sd

Metadata Source:Index of Training Films 1946