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Beach landing for airbus A400M
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This looks like a Direct Copy of the C-130.... Wonder how much Airbus used the C130 technology. Other than Being larger and more wheels, I think the C-130 is over all better in my opinion.
It is, right down to the six bladed props
Correction 8 blades
It's larger than the C130J
It's larger than the C130J
Are the props on each wing contra-rotating?
No Mike. Similar idea using a turbine engine to drive the gearbox. But in this case it's single prop driven 1 direction only, either clockwise (baseline) or counterclockwise (handed)
With contra-rotation, that gearbox actually has two portions to it with the rear portion (baseline) driving the front portion (handed)
With contra-rotation, that gearbox actually has two portions to it with the rear portion (baseline) driving the front portion (handed)
The contra-rotating propellers do not need to be driven by a turbine engine, it could be a piston engine. One example is the Rolls Royce Griffon engine as used on the Avro Shackleton that used contra-rotating propellers.
Counter rotating, meaning each pair of props turns in opposite directions. However, the engines all turn in the same direction, and two of the props are switched by a gear mechanism. This means that AB doesn't have to produce two different engines.
Not the only article by any means but a good place to start is a potted history here http://www.aeroresource.co.uk/operational-reports/pembrey-sands-air-weapons-range/