There’s something to be said for simplicity when teaching people to fly or merely checking out in a new aircraft. Simplicity was Cirrus’ motivation behind this month’s feature, the combined throttle ...

LEWES, Del., Feb. 7, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Startup company Blainjett Aviation releases details of a breakthrough propeller technology called dynamic-variable-pitch. This dynamic-variable-pitch ...

Barring the smallest manned airplanes, most aircraft that are pulled around by a prop have variable pitch propellers. The reason for this is simple efficiency. Internal combustion engines are most ...

At the SMM exhibition and conference in Hamburg, Germany, Wärtsilä is introducing its latest development of large Controllable Pitch (CP) Propellers, based on the previously known E-hub type. The new ...

Presentation of the DNV GL certificate by Dr. Olaf Richter (right) in the presence of his inspector, Dieter Ekat (2nd from left) who supported the test series, to Piening boss Mathias Pein (2nd from ...

A controllable pitch propeller or variable pitch propeller is one of the most advanced propellers in the shipbuilding industry. It can move its blade in the desired position by changing the pitch of ...

Multirotor drones are significantly more popular than conventional helicopter designs for many reasons, which do not include efficiency. Making use of the aerodynamic effects behind this, [Nicholas ...

The propeller component of this assembly was manufactured by Ole Flottorp in Chicago, Illinois for James B. Lund and R.D. Dwight, also of Chicago, who designed and constructed a mammoth tandem ...