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Flash

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It also requires a complex gearbox and the headaches that come with it.

Yup! Which is why relatively few prop aircraft used/use it. The noise is also supposed to be much louder as well, I've talked to guys who have intercepted Tu-95/142 Bears and they said the props can be heard loud and clear, not the case with any other aircraft.
 

nittany03

Recovering NFO. Herder of Programmers.
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Or you could pull a Fairey Gannet, involve two engines in said gearbox, and really give the ADs fits.
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Pags

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I can't think of anyone else but the Brits ever putting a recip one into production.
Me neither. The wikipedia article @Flash posted stated that the Brits used it on Spits and their derivatives due to propellor size limitations driven by the length of the undercarriage.
 

Flash

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I can't think of anyone else but the Brits ever putting a recip one into production.

Uhhhhh, are you talking about contra-rotating props? Because the Soviets made plenty like the Tu-95/114/128/142 and the An-22.
 
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Flash

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He specified recip.

But in reply to the contra-rotating propeller article and a reason behind them, a reciprocating engine is something completely different. Or recip props? :confused:
 

jmcquate

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Engine Flash. I'm quite familiar with Bears..........and a fan of Tupolov's (sp) design.
 
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