The flow field around the nose of the airplane is distorted, the blades are not exactly flat plates and they get more streamlined toward the hub ... with the fixed-pitch propellers and slow ...

Lewis sanding the hub on a propeller—Day 3 of the task—meant for a Lycoming engine. The business: Culver Props specializes in making custom, fixed-pitch, two-blade, wood propellers.

When it’s time to buy a new propeller ... Because fixed-blade props either deliver low-end torque or faster top speeds, you can’t have both. If you load your boat with tons of diving or fishing gear, ...

Only the SR22 Turbo does not have a cable-controlled governor, meaning the propeller is fixed ... hub, allowing centrifugal force acting on the blades to flatten the propeller pitch for higher ...

“If it has a failure, it’s serious.” Propellers can vary in complexity, from simple fixed-pitch propellers to controllable pitch propellers – which allows the pilot to adjust the angle of ...