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En una embarcación con dos hélices, la de babor es levógira. ¿Cómo es el sistema?:On a twin-screw boat the port propeller is left-handed. What is the arrangement?
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Correct answer: b) Outward-turning twins; the starboard one is right-handed
Why it is correct
With port left-handed and starboard right-handed, blades rise inboard and fall outboard: they turn outward. It is the most common arrangement.
Why the others are not
- a) They would be opposite.
- c) That is outward turning.
- d) They would be opposite.
How to work it out in the exam
- Port left, starboard right: outward.
Where this question comes from
- Junta de Andalucía · 2026 · 1ª convocatoria · PER Modelo A · question 2 Official paper · Official answer key
- Junta de Andalucía · 2026 · 1ª convocatoria · PER Modelo B · question 4 Official paper · Official answer key
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