Airplane propellers are primarily categorized into fixed-pitch, offering a performance compromise, and various adjustable-pitch types that allow for optimization across different flight conditions.

When one thinks of the average airplane, odds are that propellers are part of that mental image. They've been a crucial component of airplane construction from the moment air travel found its footing ...

Designers of airplane propellers used to weep into their blueprints every time a jet plane roared over the plant. They feared that the fierce little jets, which have no propellers, were the wave of ...