Sensenich has been awarded a Supplemental Type Certificate\n(STC) for its carbon ground adjustable pitch STOL propeller on Piper Super Cub\nAircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This STC allows installation on PA-18 \u201c150\u201d aircraft with\nLycoming O-360 series engines, with future STCs planned for Lycoming O-320\npowered Super Cubs and certain popular training aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOur experimental customers have been raving about this\npropeller for several years, and now we can offer the same step up in\nperformance to our certified customers,\u201d says Sensenich President Donald\nRowell. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rowell continued, “This propeller\u2019s quick and sure\npitch adjustment gives the customer the option of maximum performance no matter\nwhat the flight profile may be.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Extensive testing required during the certification project\nin Alaska showed improved take-off, climb and cruise performance compared to\nwhat\u2019s considered the industry standard fixed-pitch STOL propeller. When\npitched for the same climb rpm as the standard propeller, climb rate was\nincreased by 140ft\/min, cruise speed was identical, and full-throttle level\nflight (FTLF) speed increased by 7 mph. When re-pitched to match the industry\nstandard propeller’s climb rate, cruise speed was increased by 8 mph and FTLF\nspeed increased by 18 mph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The new Sensenich composite propeller is less than half the\nweight of the legacy STOL propeller \u2013 21 pounds vs. 44 for the metal unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The propeller is available in diameters from 78\u201d to 82\u201d. The\nSTC also covers a 12\u201d diameter, balanced composite spinner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This STC will be available for new build propellers starting\nthe first quarter of 2021. Pricing for the propeller with STC documentation is\n$6350 FOB Plant City. Adding the spinner brings the price to $7085 (including\nSTC docs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sensenich began making wooden propellers in the early 1930s,\nintroduced metal propellers in the ’40s, developed composite propellers in the\nlate ’90s, and continues to push boundaries in the light aircraft, unmanned,\nand marine propulsion markets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sensenich has been awarded a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for its carbon ground adjustable pitch STOL propeller on Piper Super Cub Aircraft. This STC allows installation on PA-18 \u201c150\u201d aircraft with Lycoming O-360 series engines, with future STCs planned for Lycoming O-320 powered Super Cubs and certain popular training aircraft. \u201cOur experimental customers have been […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17387,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sensenich-prop.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17386"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17388,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17386\/revisions\/17388"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}