[Tony Kambic]

I have been doing research on the FW-190 prop and what I found is exactly what pstrany stated: that VDM engineers focused on blade design versus adding another blade. Results showed three blades could do as much as four. In my readings I did not find any evidence of keeping it at three to maintain weapons firing through the prop cycle. I also learned that the cuffs on the American AeroProducts props on P-47s were to induce air flow, similar to the fan on the BWM801, and results were positive. They used the same props on P-51s but no improvements were noticed (duh).