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Roper [21] quotes 90% for a propeller for a human-powered aircraft. Mahogany was the wood preferred for propellers through World War I, but wartime shortages encouraged use of walnut, oak, cherry and ash. [22] Alberto Santos Dumont was another early pioneer, having designed propellers before the Wright Brothers [23] for his airships.
Throughout the mid-20th century, Sensenich wood props were available on nearly all 1-seat and 2-seat U.S.-made aircraft, many of which still operate today. Sensenich expanded into airboat propellers in 1949, establishing a second factory for that market at Plant City, Florida under the name Sensenich Wood Propeller Company.
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In the 1960s, André Merville was president of the Boulogne based company Helice G. Merville, which had been the chief supplier of wooden propellers for French aircraft since the end of World War I. He sought to broaden the firm's product range by producing both light aircraft and gliders, several of which were versions of other manufacturer's ...
The Falcon Airscrew Company was a British manufacturer of wooden aircraft propellers, formed during the first World War. In 1923 they claimed 90% of the United Kingdom's propeller production but had closed by the end of the decade.
Hartzell stopped producing aircraft to avoid competing with its own propeller customers. [9] In 1926, Hartzell began building propellers for the Aeronca C-2. [10] During World War II the company produced metal propellers for Hamilton-Standard. After the war, Hartzell produced the first composite propellers for the Republic RC-3 Seabee. Hartzell ...