As Collins Aerospace’s Jesse Miller recently shared with Simple Flying, the NP2000 propeller kit is four kits per aircraft.

Have you ever wondered why the C-130 Hercules, the versatile military transport aircraft that has been a workhorse for the ...

Fuel costs are a huge concern for aircraft. This is ultimately why the makers of the C-130 Hercules are proponents of the ...

The Hercules has many tricks, one of which is external rocket pods, which enable it to get off the snow while operating on ...

The workhorse of the Air Force combat airlift fleet, the C-130 Hercules has been in service ... new turboprop engines with six-bladed all-composite propellers and a digital autopilot.

Of course, this is only a demonstration of making a single blade for a prop. The next trick is turning that single blade into a propeller. This is done with a cleverly machined hub, attached ...

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 shape ...

Structural changes to a basic C-130 include the addition of an in-flight refueling receptacle and strengthening of the tail to allow high speed/low-signature airdrop. Their navigation suites ...

The pitch of a propeller is the number of inches it moves forward in a single revolution. So, a 20-pitch propeller moves 20-inches each time the blades make a full turn back to their starting ...

Wu, Irene S. 2022. The Smithsonian’s soft power: how foreigners engage the US national museum. Journal of Political Power, Vol. 15, Issue. 3, p. 415.

An illustrated hand by Neil Ballard places a ballot into a box labeled "Prop C." Sign up below to get Mission Local’s free newsletter, a daily digest of news you won’t find elsewhere. And we're ...

The DJI Neo is a fun drone that gives you plenty of video and photo options, along with good flight performance at a ...