Re: Screw size and speed

[SFreihof@aol.com]

In a message dated 7/21/99 7:10:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
deverett@idx.com.au writes:

<< It's only a Kort if the prop is shaved to a "square" tip and the clearance 
between tip and nozzle ring is minimal (like a sixteenth or so). >>

Hmmm.  What if the shroud is attached to the blade and rotates with it?  Or, 
what if the blade tips are "T" shaped, as I've seen on some aircraft props 
and wings?  Is the same effect accomplished, to eliminate tip vortices?

Stan