hurricane utah united states key people president frederick scheffel products aircraft propellers website www.powerfin.com powerfin propellers is an american manufacturer of composite propellers for homebuilt light sport and ultralight aircraft as well as wind power generation systems . the company headquarters is located in hurricane utah although it was formerly in el campo texas and originated in arlington washington . 2 3 4 5 6 powerfin produces carbon fiber two three four and five bladed propellers for two stroke and four stroke engines up to the rotax 914 of 115 hp 86 kw . 2 4 5 6 the company is noted for its use of the clark y airfoil infinite blade angle adjustment as well as for the very low rotating inertia of its designs a key wear factor on lightweight engine gearboxes . the propeller blades are constructed of carbon fiber and aramid pre preg cloth with a foam core and cured in an autoclave . the company s apex series of two to five bladed propeller hubs were cad cam designed and are created on a haas vf 4 cnc vertical milling station . 2 7 8 9 contents 1 history 2 applications 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit originally founded by stuart gort the company went out of business in 2009 . it was acquired by powered parachute manufacturer frederick scheffel and production moved to texas in late 2009 10 and then to utah in 2012 . applications edit canadian phase i chotia weedhopper cosmos echo escapade kid flylight dragonfly gyro kopp ters midnight hawk gyro kopp ters twin eagle just escapade midwest hornet powrachute pegasus rainbow aerotrike soaring concepts sky trek sundog one seater sundog two seater see also edit list of aircraft propeller manufacturers references edit gort stuart . letter . powerfin.com . archived from the original on march 5 2005 . retrieved 28 april 2016 . cs1 maint unfit url link a b c purdy don aerocrafter homebuilt aircraft sourcebook page 84 . bai communications . isbn 0 9636409 4 1 powerfin propellers 2011 . welcome to powerfin propellers . retrieved 8 february 2012 . a b jackson paul ed jane s all the world s aircraft 2010 2011 page 986 . jane s information group 2011 . isbn 978 0 7106 29166 a b jackson paul ed jane s all the world s aircraft 2011 2012 page 933 . jane s information group 2011 . isbn 978 0 7106 29555 a b jackson paul ed jane s all the world s aircraft 2012 2013 page 1007 . jane s information group 2012 . isbn 978 0 7106 30001 powerfin props . leading edge airfoils . retrieved 2013 08 03 . powerfin propellers . recreational power engineering . retrieved 2013 08 03 . powerfin adds cnc milling machine to make composite props archives . ultralightflying.com . retrieved 2013 08 03 . light plane world . experimental aircraft association . archived from the original on 15 december 2009 . retrieved 3 august 2013 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title powerfin & oldid 718752595 categories aircraft propeller manufacturersaerospace companies of the united stateshidden categories cs1 maint unfit url navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 5 may 2016 at 11 44 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view