LITTLE FOKKER

Test flown on the same day that the customer received it, here are some pictures of a wooden propeller that we designed and manufactured for a Grass Strip Aviation Fokker Eindecker.

This propeller demonstrates our adaptability and ability to design and manufacture truly bespoke propellers for unique aircraft and engine combinations.

This particular aircraft is fitted with a 30 hp Briggs and Stratton engine fitted with a 2.2:1 reduction drive.

We designed this propeller to match the engine HP, RPM, expected performance, airframe characteristics and to look like a propeller form the WW1 era.

Our customer tells us that he thinks the propeller is a work of art and just as importantly, it really does perform well.

The Grass Strip Aviation Eindecker is becoming very popular and loved by all who has flown one.

See Grass Strip's site: http://www.grass-strip-aviation.com  And blog: http://grass-strip-aviation.blogspot.co.uk

SENSENICH OVERHAUL

Sensenich Overhaul

Fresh out of our finishing shop, a very nice Sensenich propeller from a Lycoming IO360 powered Skybolt.  Hercules have inspected, refinished and balanced this propeller, which has been given a new lease of life and is now good for many more years of service.

RYAN ST-A

Just in from France, a picture of the wood propeller that Hercules designed and manufactured for a Ryan ST-A.  The flight performance report is very positive indeed, the propeller gives another 10 knots in the cruise without loss of climb performance.  Another very successful propeller form Hercules!

PIETENPOL AIRCAMPER

Graham Hewitt has just sent these pictures of his very beautiful Pietenpol Air Camper with a Continental O-200 engine, following a recent air-to-air shoot.

Hercues Propellers designed and manufactured the wooden propeller fitted to this Australian based aircraft.

ANOTHER TWISTER

Spotted and photographed, another Silence Twister sporting a Hercules propeller.

Hercules seem to be the choice propeller for Silence Twister owners with either Jabiru or UL engines.

So not just vintage bi-plane props, Hercules design and manufacture excellent propellers for modern high performance aircraft too.

USED VINTAGE PROPS

A nice picture of a stack of well used vintage wooden propellers at the hercules factory, here for producing reproductions for our customer's aircraft restorations and replicas.

See our innovative reproduction methods on our website here: http://www.hercprops.com/reproductionpropellers.html

RENEGADE SPIRIT

Just finished and dispatched from the Hercules factory, a propeller we designed for a Jabiru 3300 powered Renegade Spirit Bi-pane, destined for Belgium.

We send our wooden propellers to all corners of the globe.  We are working on a Tiger Moth propeller at the moment, destined for Australia.

BUGATTI 100P

Just in from Oklahoma, two new pictures of amazing the Bugatti 100P project showing the propellers fitted.  The propellers were manufactured in the UK by Hercules.

If you are not already, follow this very exciting project on Facebook, it is going to be the great aviation event of the year when this machine flies.  Remember, the one-off original from 1939 which is now in the EAA museum never flew!

Check out http://www.facebook.com/TheBugatti100pProject

RYAN ST-A

Recently finished and dispatched to France, a wooden propeller which we have designed and manufactured for a Gipsy Major powered Ryan ST-A.  A unique propeller for a unique aircraft.

The paint on the tips has been specially mixed to exactly match the trim colour on the aircraft - an extra service offered by Hercules.

NEW WOODEN PROPELLER FOR WESTLAND WIDGEON

Regular followers of our blog will know that we have need working on a project to create a reproduction of a Westland Widgeon propeller, working from original drawings.

The propeller is now finished and ready for dispatch.

Below are pictures showing the process of making this large splendid propeller.

Finished propeller

Propeller on the balancing rig

CNC machining complete

CNC finishing cut - second side

3D CAD model created from original drawings

Original drawings supplied to us by our customer

Westland Widgeon