propeller aircraft
Blade-driven flyer
A propeller aircraft is an airplane powered by one or more propellers—rotating blades that pull or push the craft through the air.
Most propellers are driven by piston engines, though turboprops use jet turbines.
Propeller aircraft dominate general aviation, crop dusting, and short-haul flights where jet speed isn't necessary: We took a small propeller aircraft to the island.
- prop washAirflow from spinning blades
- air taxiOn-demand short-hop aircraft
- liftMechanism for vertical transport
- fuselageAircraft's central structure
- piston engineMotor using cylinder strokes
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Turbine-engine-propelled airplane
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Turbine-engine-propelled airplane
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