A cam synced up with the propeller blade would move a plunger and cylinder, which created a "wave motion" connected to the trigger's motor. This ensured the gun would only fire between the ...

The experts at Mercury, Yamaha and Suzuki agree that the best way to maximize control is to maximize propeller blade area. “The more blade area offered by the prop, the more contact you’ll have with ...

This simple boss can get very annoying if you don’t know what to do. The blades of the propeller deal tremendous damage and will force you to stay away. In this RE8 Village Propeller Head Boss ...

A propeller, such as used on a piston-powered private airplane or a turboprop regional airliner, spins its blades to generate thrust. The original aircraft propellers, harkening back to the Wright ...

Investigators say bad maintenance practices at a Georgia air force base missed a deteriorating propeller blade that broke off six years later as a U.S. Marine Corps transport plane cruised over ...

Raisbeck Engineering Just in time for NBAA in Las Vegas, Raisbeck Engineering, Inc., plans to debut a new composite 5-blade swept propeller for the Beechcraft King Air 200 series aircraft at its ...

MT tested its new 11-blade propeller on a Piper Cheyenne but said the design would also be well-suited for electric power systems. [Courtesy: MT-Propeller] MT-Propeller said it flight-tested a ...

However, as engineers learn more about aerodynamics and attempt new experiments, propellers are evolving to more complex shapes. These feature multiple blades, high sweep angles, blade tip devices ...

Germany’s MT-Propeller has received US supplemental type certification for its MTV-27, 5-blade, constant-speed prop on the Texas Turbines Cessna 208/B Supervan. Introduced in 2008, the aircraft ...

One of Joby Aviation’s pre-production prototypes broke up mid-flight after losing a propeller blade during envelope-pushing flight-testing in February 2022. That is according to a 7 February ...

The propeller blade was discovered wrapped in a potato sack in Coire a’Bhradain on the isle of Arran in Scotland. National Trust for Scotland During the recent ecological restoration of a ...

Credit: Dowty Jonathan Chestney, engineering leader at GE Aerospace subsidiary Dowty, speaks with Aviation Week Network about advances in aircraft propeller blade design and their impacts on ...