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  1. 02-20-2014, 08:45 AM #1
    1600vw
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    Only one propeller blade on this airplane.

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  2. 02-21-2014, 09:00 AM #2
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    The Sensenich shop up in Lancaster has a single bladed wood prop on the wall along with some pictures of the cub it was flown on.
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  3. 02-21-2014, 03:42 PM #3
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    One is the most efficient number of blades to have on a prop, but dynamically balancing a one-bladed prop can be tricky, which is why they went with two blades, way back when, and the idea stuck.
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