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The practical reference for choosing, installing and understanding propellers. Includes technical diagrams and charts to help you understand propeller design. Table of Contents:
Power: Understanding Engine Performance
Estimating Speed: Effects of Power, Weight, and Hull Type
Propeller Anatomy: Parts and Definitions
Blade Characteristics: Blade Shape, Cavitation, Special Propellers, and Rules of Thumb
Crouch's Propeller Method: The Empirical Method for Calculating Propellers Using Slip
The Bp- Method: The Power Factor Method for Calculating Propellers
Installation Considerations: Blade Clearances, Shafting, and Propeller Weight
Tugs and Trawlers: High - Thrust, Variable - Loading, Controllable - Pitch, and Ducted Propellers
Sailboats, Outboards, and Go - Fast Wrinkles: Propellers for Special Applications
152 pp., softcover
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