How Pilots Fired Gun Straight Through Propellers

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How did fighter planes shoot straight through their own propellers without tearing themselves apart? Early engineers invented a risky but brilliant solution: synchronization gear. By linking the machine gun to the propeller shaft, each bullet was timed to pass perfectly between the spinning blades. A fraction of a second off, and the pilot’s own plane would explode.

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