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Citation
(2002), "Cessna Caravans get improved propeller system", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 74 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/aeat.2002.12774dad.005
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2002, MCB UP Limited
Cessna Caravans get improved propeller system
Keywords: Propellers, Aircraft
Hartzell Propeller has announced that a new 3-bladed Top Prop propeller conversion kit is available for the Cessna 208, 208A Caravan and the 208B Grand Caravan. The FAA approved STC covers operations by both landplanes and seaplanes (Plate 3).
Plate
3 Hartzell Propeller has announced that a new 3-bladed Top Prop propeller
conversion kit is available for the Cessna 208, 208A Caravan and the 208B Grand
Caravan. The FAA approved STC covers operations by both landplanes and seaplanes
The new feathering and reversing propeller is 106 inches in diameter and features three newly designed aluminum blades with wide- chord, high-camber airfoils. This new blade was custom designed for utility aircraft applications. The design claims to provide excellent low-speed thrust while maintaining cruise performance. The propeller also features Hartzell's steel hub system which many Caravan operators will be familiar with as this system is said to have served them well when it was used on the original Hartzell composite-bladed Caravan prop. According to Hartzell the entire propeller was specifically engineered to reduce overall operating costs which was accomplished in a variety of ways:
The Top Prop kit for the Caravan includes the three-bladed propeller, a polished spinner, STC documentation and an extended 3-year/l000 hour warranty.
Details available from: Hartzell Propeller, Inc.. Tel: +1 937 778 4200; Fax: +1 937 778 4321; E-mail: topprop@hartzellprop.com; Website: www.hartzellprop.com