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Wolfitway · Timișoara

1917 · Flight · Invention

Hydraulic synchronisation gear

George Constantinescu

Symbolic illustration · This is not a historical replica.

The idea

Constantinescu developed a hydraulic system that synchronised an aircraft gun with its rotating propeller.

Pressure impulses replaced the earlier mechanical linkages. Staffordshire’s historical collection documents this application of his work on transmitting power through waves.