And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
B- Actually, the correct term is contra-rotating props, when both are coaxial. Counter-rotating props are used on multi-engined aircraft like the P-38 Lightning, where the prop rotation is opposite each other to help cancel aerodynamic instability due to torque.
I've been that close to that beast at the Reno Air Races. And it's awesome.
ReplyDeleteTalk about 'Motor Porn'.
ReplyDeleteIf I was younger, I would've had an 'accident' in my tighty whities!
(Now my accidents are the result of age. Sigh)
counterrotating props?
ReplyDeleteB- Actually, the correct term is contra-rotating props, when both are coaxial. Counter-rotating props are used on multi-engined aircraft like the P-38 Lightning, where the prop rotation is opposite each other to help cancel aerodynamic instability due to torque.
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