Over the past few years, labels such as DJI have pushed drones into the mainstream. If you look closely, you'll notice that a majority of them have four propellers, while helicopters have fewer of ...

Props for your little RC airplane or drone are effectively consumables. They’re made of plastic, they’re cheap, and you’re going to break a lot of them. When you start swinging so… ...

The propellers on some World War II-era bombs were meant to delay the bombs' detonation without requiring direct remote activation. World War II was a showcase of major new scientific developments ...

Despite being integral to aviation for more than a century, propellers have changed remarkably little since the Wright Brothers. A team at MIT’s Lincoln Lab has developed a new propeller shap… ...

Propellers can be as much as 30 years old – but propeller design software should not be. Compatible with the latest versions of Windows, the new PropCad includes substantial development of data ...

If the LEAPTech is indeed the basis for the new X-Plane, likely to be dubbed X-57, it should be able to fly at 200 mph with a 12,000 foot ceiling, with a range of 450 miles. But like with every X ...

There has been concern about what would happen if a propfan blade broke off. A conventional jet engine is designed to contain a breakaway blade within the fan housing. With no such housing, there ...