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This aircraft briefly used a four-bladed propeller, but soon reverted to the original two-bladed airscrew. en.wikipedia.org

The twin airscrew layout allowed a wide field of fire for the two gunner-observers, one seated in the nose and one behind the pilot. en.wikipedia.org

The third engine was similarly mounted on the upper wing, above the fuselage; the wide interplane gap just gave airscrew clearance. en.wikipedia.org

These were generally satisfactory, although there was a tendency for the nose to dip when the airscrew was engaged: to counteract this a supplementary front-mounted elevator was added. en.wikipedia.org

However, it has the elongated body shape of conventional helium and hydrogen filled airships, airscrew propulsion and stabilizing tailfins. en.wikipedia.org

The pilot sat in front of the airscrew. en.wikipedia.org

The compound reduction gear had an overall reduction ratio of 15.75:1 and incorporated an airscrew brake to prevent windmilling when the engine was stopped. en.wikipedia.org

A single gear-housing connected the front ends of the two crankcases, with the two crankshaft pinions driving a single airscrew shaft gear. en.wikipedia.org

The planned 2-3 hour flight was curtailed because of false readings on airscrew bearing temperature. en.wikipedia.org

It was discovered that the accident had resulted from the malfunctioning of an airscrew pitch control mechanism. en.wikipedia.org

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