Powerfin

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Powerfin
Industry Aerospace
Headquarters El Campo, Texas, United States
Key people President: Frederick Scheffel
Products Aircraft propellers
Website www.powerfin.com

Powerfin Propellers, is an American manufacturer of composite propellers for homebuilt, light-sport and ultralight aircraft, as well as wind power generation systems. The company headquarters is located in Hurricane, Utah, although it was formerly in Texas and originated in Arlington, Washington.[1][2][3][4][5]

Powerfin produces carbon fiber two, three, four and five-bladed propellers for two-stroke and four-stroke engines up to the Rotax 914 of 115 hp (86 kW).[1][3][4][5]

The company is noted for its use of the Clark Y airfoil, infinite blade angle adjustment, as well as for the very low rotating inertia of its designs, a key wear factor on lightweight two-stroke engine gearboxes. The propeller blades are constructed of carbon fiber and aramid pre-preg cloth with a foam core, and cured in an autoclave. The company's Apex series of two to five bladed propeller hubs were CAD/CAM designed and are created on a Haas VF-4 CNC vertical milling station.[1][6][7][8]

History

Originally founded by Stuart Goin, the company went out of business in 2009. It was acquired by powered parachute manufacturer Frederick Scheffel and production moved to Texas in late 2009[9] and then to Utah in 2012.

Applications

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, page 84. BAI Communications. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1
  2. ↑ Powerfin Propellers (2011). "Welcome to Powerfin Propellers". Retrieved 8 February 2012. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jackson, Paul (ed): Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2010-2011, page 986. Jane's Information Group, 2011. ISBN 13 978 0 7106 29166
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Jackson, Paul (ed): Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2011-2012, page 933. Jane's Information Group, 2011. ISBN 13 978 0 7106 29555
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Jackson, Paul (ed): Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2012-2013, page 1007. Jane's Information Group, 2012. ISBN 13 978 0 7106 30001
  6. ↑ "Powerfin Props". Leading Edge Airfoils. Retrieved 2013-08-03. 
  7. ↑ "- Powerfin Propellers". Recreational Power Engineering. Retrieved 2013-08-03. 
  8. ↑ "Powerfin Adds CNC Milling Machine to Make Composite Props | Archives". Ultralightflying.com. Retrieved 2013-08-03. 
  9. ↑ "Light Plane World". Experimental Aircraft Association. Retrieved 2013-08-03. 

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