Sharrow Marine has quietly been working to disrupt the marine industry with a reimagined propeller it calls the "future of propulsion." The tech originally looked like it might be too expensive and ...
Building a large ship requires a massive amount of engineering work. Even the smallest parts require lots of time and effort to design and build. Case in point: the ship's propeller. The prop has to ...
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 that ...
WICHITA, Kan., July 21, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--McCauley Propeller Systems, a division of Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, today announced its C780 propeller, which had ...
A sailor hoses down the propeller on a P-3 Orion during an aircraft wash on the flight line at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington. U.S. Navy The email-bag brings questions from two readers ...
Your propeller affects every aspect of your boat’s performance: acceleration, handling, ride, turning, fuel efficiency and top speed. The trick is finding the right prop for your boat, and the right ...
The evolution of the automobile has been one of the more fascinating happenings of the modern era. If you're at all familiar with the history of cars, you know the line from the earliest models to ...
We like unconventional vehicles here at The Drive, from massive turbine-powered semi-trucks to huge walking robots from the 1980s designed to traverse any terrain. If it’s weird, we’re on board, and ...