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minus-squareEmpricorn@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 year ago"Without a propeller"!? When have you ever been able to see a propeller on a flying aircraft??
minus-squaretraches@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoAll the time, the tip has to stay subsonic so they don’t spin that fast. 1021 RPM on an H-model herc for example.
minus-squaremykneedoesnthurt@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agothe tip has to stay subsonic - that's what she said
minus-squareEmpricorn@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·1 year agoHuh, interesting. It just seems like from a distance, while both it and the aircraft are moving fast, a visual determination of whether a propeller is there or not or not seems… difficult.
minus-squaretraches@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoDepends on distance, angle, and lighting but they’re definitely visible from another aircraft. (Source: former c-130 flight engineer)
minus-squareQuinceDaPence@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agohttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3Okx0T5vpFc
minus-squarehobovision@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoHere's a picture of the first us jet fighter prototype next to a propeller fighter, you can definitely tell a difference. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/Bell_P-59_Airacomet_060913-F-1234P-013.jpg
"Without a propeller"!? When have you ever been able to see a propeller on a flying aircraft??
All the time, the tip has to stay subsonic so they don’t spin that fast. 1021 RPM on an H-model herc for example.
the tip has to stay subsonic
- that's what she saidHuh, interesting. It just seems like from a distance, while both it and the aircraft are moving fast, a visual determination of whether a propeller is there or not or not seems… difficult.
Depends on distance, angle, and lighting but they’re definitely visible from another aircraft. (Source: former c-130 flight engineer)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3Okx0T5vpFc
Here's a picture of the first us jet fighter prototype next to a propeller fighter, you can definitely tell a difference.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/Bell_P-59_Airacomet_060913-F-1234P-013.jpg