Composite design is customized to specific aircraft performance goals and engine characteristics, while meeting stringent Federal Aviation Admin. (FAA) type-certification requirements. Resin transfer ...

Raisbeck Engineering is launching a new 5-blade composite swept propeller for Beechcraft King Air 200 series aircraft at NBAA. Designed by Hartzell Propeller, this new propeller offers a 30% reduction ...

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 ...

Historic milestone in scaling aircraft production ahead of commercial service Leverages Dayton's workforce, supplier network and aerospace roots to create propeller blade manufacturing hub for Joby ...

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 ...

French defense contractor Naval Group and French elite engineering school Centrale Nantes have printed the first demonstrator of hollow propeller blades by metal additive manufacturing as part of the ...

The high-efficiency aerodynamic and aeroacoustic optimization framework comprises the following key modules: 1) Shape parameterization, which transforms the baseline geometry into a set of design ...

Collins Aerospace says the eight-blade NP2000 composite propellers on the Lockheed Martin C-130H enable more traction for a given propeller diameter. Credit: Collins Aerospace Propeller manufacturers ...

As part of Digital Propulsion (DigiProp), the National Composites Centre (NCC) has designed and manufactured a full-scale prototype of a propeller blade and its manufacturing system for turboprop ...

Ship propellers are a constant compromise between efficiency, vibration, cavitation, and power delivery. This video explains why adding blades can solve serious mechanical problems, and why engineers ...