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To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
From: Bill Dube <bdube@al.noaa.gov>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: CVT (continuously variable transmission)
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         If you compare the weigh, complexity, and failure modes of a CVT 
with the mechanism to vary the blade pitch, the CS prop comes out on top.