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Old 2004-10-27, 08:42 AM   #17
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Originally Posted by Dean
This is not a jet, so the thrust wash should not be that bad, espcially since the plane is already at speed, not doing a brake stand at the end of the runway... The prop is turning it's way through the air like a screw producing lift, not pushing air behind it like a jet!
Propellers produce thrust to push an airplane forward, same basic mechanics as a turbine. http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/propth.html
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