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Old 03-27-24, 05:17 AM   #1
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I never heard of this before - interesting
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Old 03-27-24, 10:27 AM   #2
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....looks to be a better dyno propeller for ships than a reliable aircraft propeller.?
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Looks like a fishing reel.
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Looks like a long beard wrapping machine.
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George Lucas thought of it before anyone.

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Very interesting stuff. Well worth investigating.
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Old 03-27-24, 05:11 PM   #7
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It seems that the downside is its sheer complexity - those little gizmos might cost much more to make and operate than can be justified. They're like the massively complicated helicopter rotor hubs & then some - and it appears there'd be at least four of them per vehicle so what if one of them stopped working?
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