contrarotating propellers

contrarotating propellers

[¦kän·trə′rō‚tād·iŋ prə′pel·ərz]
(mechanical engineering)
A pair of propellers on concentric shafts, turning in opposite directions.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

contrarotating propellers

A set of two propellers mounted on the same shaft but rotating in opposite directions to reduce the torque to zero.
An Illustrated Dictionary of Aviation Copyright © 2005 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved
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