noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
blade
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Examination of the Mossie revealed a mark on a propeller blade that looked like a bird strike.
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Four feet of propeller blade snapped off, investigators said, and the engine cowling began to disintegrate.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Designer William Towns rides the Waterbike, propeller driven in various configurations.
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He sat there looking at the dead propeller all the way to Cleveland.
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Investigators blamed a crack in the propeller .
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Most impressive is probably the Mustang nose and propeller at what once was the entrance to Steeple Morden.
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One aircraft was fitted with a R-1340 geared engine and a three-bladed constant speed propeller with spinner.
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The following advice applies to normally-aspirated engines driving fixed-pitch propellers.
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This indicated that neither of the two four-bladed propellers had disintegrated in flight.
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Three hundred seventy propellers were replaced.