More blades mean more power and smoother sailing, but they also mean slower top speeds and lost efficiency. The story of why ...

A containership transiting the Pacific Ocean lost hydraulic oil and propulsion after its propeller blade cracked, according to a report from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). A blade on ...

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 ...

It's fairly common knowledge that when a supersonic aircraft approaches the sound barrier, what follows is the sonic boom. This transitory period between subsonic and supersonic, known as transonic ...

The article primarily distinguishes between fixed-pitch and constant-speed propellers, detailing how each type operates to manage engine power and flight performance. Fixed-pitch propellers have a non ...

Hartzell Propeller has received STC approval for a new 75-inch, three-bladed aluminum propeller for the Mooney M20M/TLS Bravo. This new scimitar-style prop significantly improves performance, offering ...

The U.S. Air Force in recent weeks took 60 C-130H Hercules aircraft out of service to examine and replace engine propeller blades that inspectors deemed risky because the blades were manufactured ...

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 ...

JACKSON, Miss. – 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 ...

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 Scottish ...