Unique counter-rotating design to help mitigate technical risk of integrating engines on to airlifter Airbus Military has chosen a unique "handed" propeller concept for the A400M airlifter in a bid to ...
TIANJIN, China — Avicopter is developing a technology demonstrator for a high-speed helicopter, adopting a compound configuration that combines coaxial rigid rotors and nose-mounted counter-rotating ...
Readers have expressed their worries about the logistical burdens of counter-rotating propellers and gearboxes on the Airbus Military A400M (AW&ST Sept. 15, p. 9; Aug. 18/25, p. 12). Controllability ...
ZF Marine Group, provider of marine propulsion technology, has added bow thrusters to its pleasure craft product range. The innovative design incorporates counter-rotating propellers in a patented ...
The Airbus A400M is one of the most distinctive aircraft in the sky, and its unusual humming sound is a big reason why. Produced by the interaction of its massive counter-rotating propellers, the ...