Most small aircraft have traditionally used petrol/piston engines similar to those in cars. Yet, these can be suboptimal for aviation use. A better alternative is the compression-ignition design, also ...

MIT researchers serendipitously developed a novel "toroidal" propeller design that is significantly quieter and produces more thrust than conventional drone propellers. The unique closed-loop shape of ...

Wärtsilä introduced the FPP Opti Design, a new fixed pitch propeller (FPP) design concept. According to Wärtsilä, the new design offers fuel savings of up to 4 percent and highly reliable full scale ...

Years after the space race, propeller design remained a sea-trial-and-error endeavor: haul, tweak the props, relaunch, sea-trial, repeat. Finally, the U.S. Navy paid ...

Quantum computing is moving beyond theory, with BQP using quantum optimization to redesign drone propellers in ways conventional computing cannot. BQP and Modovolo are using quantum-designed ...

The Sharrow™ Propeller is awarded for its revolutionary design that transforms the entire boating experience DETROIT--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Sharrow Marine, the industry leader in high-performance ...

DETROIT--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sharrow Marine, the industry leader in innovative marine propulsion technology, is honored to announce that the Sharrow X10™ propeller was honored as a nominee for the 2024 ...

Hydrocomp’s newest release of PropCad incorporates 3 years of enhancements. Propellers are surprisingly complex devices, especially considering most are a solid piece of metal with no moving parts.

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Hamilton Sundstrand NP 2000 propellers are being tested by U.S. Air Force engineers in California on a C-130H3 aircraft. The new eight-bladed composite ...

Combination of carbon, glass and epoxy resin produces a strong replacement for nickel/aluminum/bronze metal, the current propeller standard. Damage-tolerant reinforcing fabric strengthens highly ...