Propeller
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A propeller can be seen as a rotating fin in water or a wing in air. The horizontal axis of rotation produces a dynamic force as thrust. The force produced is from the difference in pressure from the forward and rear surfaces of the blades.
[edit] Airplane
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Propeller of a Royal Airforce plane, crashed in the Faroe Islands
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F4U Corsair propeller
[edit] Ship
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Soviet 14-ton Voroshilov cruiser proppeller at the Museum on Sapun Mountain, Sevastopol
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Schiffsschraubenflügel in Saarlouis
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Propellers on the Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Cowpens