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Re: Merits of Wooden Props on Late-War LW Aircraft?
One area of advantage I can think of is weight. I recall seeing somewhere comperative weights of 3 and four bladed props of light metal and wood, and the latter were relatively lighter.
... and saving just 50 kg can be equivalent of 50-100 HP in climb !
The downplay is, I guess, that wood is effected a lot more by wheater, dampness and so on. Perhaps more labourous to make, too.
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