Textron Inc.’s McCauley Propeller Systems is supplying a new, “lightweight, scimitar-blade design propeller” for Beechcraft King Air B300 series twin turbo-prop aircraft. The 105-inch propeller ...

Wärtsilä introduced the FPP Opti Design, a new fixed pitch propeller (FPP) design concept. According to Wärtsilä, the new design offers fuel savings of up to 4 percent and highly reliable full scale ...

Years after the space race, propeller design remained a sea-trial-and-error endeavor: haul, tweak the props, relaunch, sea-trial, repeat. Finally, the U.S. Navy paid ...

Europe has recently voiced very high ambitions for reducing Aircraft community noise, with the Advisory Council for Aviation Research and Innovation in Europe (ACARE) pushing for a 65% noise reduction ...

GT Propellers' recreated Fairey Reed propeller has entered flight testing, with more than 12 hours flown on a Tiger Moth ...

The Sharrow™ Propeller is awarded for its revolutionary design that transforms the entire boating experience DETROIT--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Sharrow Marine, the industry leader in high-performance ...

Combination of carbon, glass and epoxy resin produces a strong replacement for nickel/aluminum/bronze metal, the current propeller standard. Damage-tolerant reinforcing fabric strengthens highly ...

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Hamilton Sundstrand NP 2000 propellers are being tested by U.S. Air Force engineers in California on a C-130H3 aircraft. The new eight-bladed composite ...

Hydrocomp’s newest release of PropCad incorporates 3 years of enhancements. Propellers are surprisingly complex devices, especially considering most are a solid piece of metal with no moving parts.