The propeller system is the earliest thrust generator designed for fully powered aircraft flight. Though they have evolved quite a bit since their first operation by the Wright brothers in 1903, ...

After debuting a number of new versions of its proprietary propeller in 2024, Sharrow Engineering has dedicated much of 2025 to expanding its US production base and operations. It moved into a new ...

Sharrow's extraordinary looped propellers were already some 30% more efficient than traditional designs – and now the company has put two of them together into a coaxial, contra-rotating prop that ...

At the very crux of engineering is the desire to problem-solve, optimize, and squeeze out every bit of efficiency possible from the system being built. Aircraft design and aeronautical engineering ...

Alec Baldwin accidentally misfired a prop gun on a movie set Thursday, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injuring director Joel Souza Prop guns are designed with the express purpose of ...