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05-26-11 | 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by unworthy1

I guess it is, I had only seen an "AIR" before on a Tomassini, and it was not exactly like this shown. So I understand the theory of why Yoshi Konno offset his blades to the front (to allow straighter blades while maintaining same trail), but what does this "opposite" off-set achieve?

Looks fast maybe? Good wind tunnel numbers? No idea.

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