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Old November 26th 04, 05:48 PM
Dan Thomas
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"Dick" wrote in message . com...

Didn't some old fighterplanes fire through the prop and spinner? How did
that work?

Thanks, Dick


The prop was on a hollow shaft driven by a spur gear, so that the
input gearing was out of the way. The gun fired through the hollow
shaft. Some German airplanes had this, I think, and the P-63 Airacobra
did too.

Dan