The new propeller's swept-airfoil blades lower propeller assembly weight by 15 pounds compared with the four-blade aluminum design. The five-blade composite Hartzell propeller is an option for the ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Blackhawk Aerospace is working to certify five-blade Hartzell composite propellers for Beechcraft King Air 350s with the company’s XP67A Engine+ upgrade. © Chad ...

Turbofan-powered aircraft garner most of the attention when it comes to business aviation, but advances in propeller technology promise to boost the performance across the board of turboprop aircraft ...

Jonathan Chestney, engineering leader at Dowty. Credit: Dowty Jonathan Chestney, engineering leader at GE Aerospace subsidiary Dowty, speaks with Aviation Week Network about advances in aircraft ...

CompositesWorld Senior Editor Ginger Gardiner recently paid a visit to Dowty Propellers in Gloucester, U.K. You can read about what she found there in her report, “Plant tour: Dowty Propellers, ...

The US Air Force is nearing the end of a flight test programme to measure the performance of Hamilton Sundstrand eight-blade NP2000 composite propellers for the Lockheed Martin C-130. Since May, ...

Daher has delivered a turboprop-powered Kodiak 100 to the North Carolina Forest Service’s Aviation Division, which becomes a new customer as well as the initial operator of this multi-mission aircraft ...

France’s Loiretech, a designer and manufacturer of tooling for large and complex thermoplastic and thermoset composite parts, has partnered with the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA), Mecafrance ...