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Can bullets be fired through rotating propellers on early World War 1 aircraft?
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No. They could not fire through the propellor without shooting it off. A Frenchman designed a propellor with a armored deflector shield that allowed him to shoot through it and any bullet that hit it would bounce off. Imagine how risky that was to fly next to him. His aircraft crashed and the Germans inspected it, hoping to find a secret design that could use. They were disappointed so they designed a cam mechanism that was driven off the engine and it would stop the gun from firing when the blade was aligned with the gun.
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