Reply to post: Re: Can you clairfy

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Rick Brasche

Re: Can you clairfy

no need for retractable anything. If they're driving the prop solely from the electrical motor, they can switch it to regenerative braking by the controller, using the prop exactly as you describe.

they could get real fancy and use adjustable pitch too.

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