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Originally Posted by BlackBerry
But they did make the decision of choosing 4-blade In WWII. [/B]
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Thanks again for this interesting topic.
I just want to remind that 4-blade propeller fighter aircraft were used before WW2, so perhaps it is not really something as revolutionary as we may think?
Some german design (not produced in great series or prototypes) using 4 blade prop in the 30ies are for instance DO C1 nightfighter (1931) , or Arado 64 experimental (1931).
The oldest fighter design i know using a 4-blade propeller is the german WW1 fighter Siemens Schuckert SSW DIII series (1917-1918 ), that was considered as a very capable fighter at the time, once its cooling problem solved.