The problem of components not conforming to their claimed specification is one that must challenge engineers in all fields, including it seems, that of multi-rotors and remote controlled aircraft. A ...

We test whether speed boat propellers can effectively power an aircraft, exploring thrust, performance, and engineering ...

Bye Aerospace has begun the next phase of flight testing on its eFlyer 2 technology demonstrator, which the US company will use to select the most efficient propeller to maximise the performance of ...

MT-Propeller has flight tested an 11-bladed propeller on a Piper PA-31T Cheyenne twin turboprop. MT-Propeller said this 11-bladed prop produced a 15 percent increase in static thrust over a standard, ...

Recently, Universal Hydrogen and Hartzell Propeller showed significant progress toward hydrogen fuel cell-powered flight. The two companies collaborated to alter a De Havilland Dash 8 testbed, ...

Russian researchers are planning to test-fly a Yakovlev Yak-40 modified with a superconducting electric motor and propeller mounted on the trijet’s nose. The Moscow-based Central Institute of Aviation ...

When one thinks of the average airplane, odds are that propellers are part of that mental image. They've been a crucial component of airplane construction from the moment air travel found its footing ...

You’d be hard pressed to find an aircraft that wasn’t designed and tested without extensive use of simulation. Whether it’s the classic approach of using a scale model in a wind tunnel or more modern ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida -- Test pilots who fly the SB-1 Defiant claim that the futuristic helicopter could get its tail shot off in combat and still fly faster than an undamaged UH-60 Black Hawk. The ...

U.S. Navy Reserve KC-130T Hercules tankers, upgraded with the new NP2000 eight-blade composite propeller system, have been cleared to refuel a wider range of aircraft across the carrier air wing. This ...

Hartzell's Trailblazer 83-inch composite propeller now has an STC for Piper PA-12 and PA-18 Super Cub models. The propeller offers up to a 30% increase in takeoff thrust and nearly 20% higher cruise ...