McCauley's 5-blade composite C1106 propeller, designed for the Beechcraft Denali and its GE Catalyst turboprop engine, successfully completed critical vibration testing. This achievement marks a ...
PALM BEACH, FLORIDA--(Marketwired - Sep 25, 2017) - Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) has introduced a new enhancement to its FAST ™ (Full flight data Acquisition, Storage and Transmission) engine health ...
European researchers have concluded – perhaps unsurprisingly – that noise and vibration are the biggest sources of passenger discomfort in turboprop aircraft. European researchers have concluded – ...
The effects of the ground on propeller noise have been measured experimentally for the very first time by researchers in the Aeroacoustics research team at the University of Bristol. In findings, ...
Retrofit programme is delayed for tests to show if vibration affects Hawkeye's turboprop engine or avionics The US Navy's programme to retrofit new eight-blade propellers to its Northrop Grumman E-2C ...
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 ...
Your prop is as essential as the engine that drives it; neither moves without the other. Like the tyres on your car, the propeller on your boat converts precious power into forward motion – but do you ...