French electric marine drive specialist BlueNav is preparing to put a more natural spin in its lineup. The all-new Whale Design propeller features blades that follow the contours of a whale to improve ...

It’s a rare occasion when a piece of engineering transcends its pure industrial function and becomes art. And it’s even rarer when that metamorphosis is the byproduct of a quest for better performance ...

Textron Inc.’s McCauley Propeller Systems is supplying a new, “lightweight, scimitar-blade design propeller” for Beechcraft King Air B300 series twin turbo-prop aircraft. The 105-inch propeller ...

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 ...

Europe has recently voiced very high ambitions for reducing Aircraft community noise, with the Advisory Council for Aviation Research and Innovation in Europe (ACARE) pushing for a 65% noise reduction ...

Philadelphia design firm Sharrow Engineering, LLC announced that the company’s propeller design has been awarded patents in the U.S., Japan, Canada, and European Union with further domestic and ...

Could the secret to transforming propeller design lie in the dimples of a golf ball? It might sound far-fetched, but the same aerodynamic principles that allow a golf ball to soar farther and faster ...

This paper by TSAW Drones discusses the need for less noise in UAVs, how these toroidals can benefit the drone industry, how these propellers came to be and how exactly they reduce the noise. Also, in ...

Electrification is seen as having an important role to play in the fossil-free aviation of tomorrow. But electric aviation is battling a trade-off dilemma: the more energy-efficient an electric ...

Abdulghani Mohamed is a researcher at RMIT university who receives funding from a few companies for undertaking aerodynamic optimisation. The basic configuration of traditional propellers has not ...