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Essay Galaxy - History Of The Aircraft Propeller
History of the Propeller The aircraft propeller looks like a simple
mechanism to the uneducated individual. To the educated, an aircraft
propeller represents the highest sophistication in aerodynamics,
mechanical engineering and structural design. This report will touch
on the history of the propeller, from early pioneers/experiments,
advancement during/after the war, all the way up to current
applications of the propeller. The creation of the propeller can be
traced back to Leonardo da Vinci. Da Vinci's "helical screw"
helicopter is believed to be the ancestor of the air propeller and the helicopter rotor. The first idea of a propulsive airscrew, however, belongs to J.P. Paucton, a French mathematician. Paucton
envisioned a flying machine that had two airscrews, one for propulsion and the other for sustaining flight. The idea of using an ai....
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