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 ...

The exhaustive series of tests under close and stringent supervision by DNV GL, was performed using a five-blade controllable pitch propeller mounted on a 650-millimeter hub.

In the same way, a 50-pitch propeller would move forward 50 inches for one spin. Then it gets a little complicated. Propellers can be either variable-pitch or fixed-pitch.

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. Lewis ...

Operating an aircraft equipped with a variable-pitch propeller, ... meaning the propeller is fixed at 2,500 ... causes the governor to meter less high-pressure oil to the propeller hub, ...

Type: Two-Blade, Fixed-Pitch, Wood Diameter: 259.1 cm (102 in.) Chord: 19.2 cm (7.6 in.) ... Inline, Water-Cooled, 9 kw (12 hp) Summary The Wright brothers designed and constructed the world's first ...