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Originally Posted by Boomerang
Gentleman:
I read this as meaning that the use of wooden propellors necessarily represented a decline in aircraft quality, but I'm not clear whether the use of such propellors resulted in a decline in aircraft performance compared with metal propellors, a reduction in service life, increased vulnerability to damage, or other factors.
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The Spitfire used wooden props. Would you say they also had a decline in a/c quality?
One thing about wooden props is if there was a ground strike it did less damage to the engine.