propeller

The single propeller plane, registration HB-SXA, is made of carbon fibre to ensure lightness and strength.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

The Geran-5 has forced a rewrite of the counterdrone playbook, created for propeller drones, because “it’s essentially a poor-man’s cruise missile,” said Mike Monnik, chief executive of DroneSec, a drone-threat intelligence company.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

We’d seen nearly every stage of production — from “grass to glass,” as McAfee called it — when he parked his truck next to the hangar that houses his Cessna 210 Centurion propeller plane.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

They also said its injuries indicated it had contact with a ship propeller and a fishing net.

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026

The helicopter begins to lift and then settles right back down again, the propeller sputtering.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass

The prototype, called a Zirka, reached a top speed of 280 miles an hour as its propellers whirred frantically.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Seizures last year included China-made drone engines used by the Houthis as early as 2019 against Saudi oil facilities and 800 drone propellers seized in March 2025 at Yemen’s border with Oman.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Glen Sannox has a known vibration problem while moving backwards, a fault which has been linked to the propellers which were also designed by Wartsila and are due to be replaced.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

His nephew Griffin Bremner said he felt the plane stutter and the propellers slow down, then his uncle turned to him and said, “Griffin, we’re cooked!”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

The engines were turned on & the propellers began to spin.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman