{"id":18469,"date":"2021-05-18T13:15:27","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T13:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=18469"},"modified":"2021-05-18T13:15:30","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T13:15:30","slug":"stc-permits-texas-turbine-to-offer-hartzells-composite-or-aluminum-props-for-converted-950-shaft-horsepower-supervans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/texas\/stc-permits-texas-turbine-to-offer-hartzells-composite-or-aluminum-props-for-converted-950-shaft-horsepower-supervans\/%20","title":{"rendered":"STC Permits Texas Turbine to Offer Hartzell\u2019s Composite or Aluminum Props for Converted 950 Shaft Horsepower Supervans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Photo above &#8211; Texas Turbine Conversions President Bobby Bishop<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Texas Turbine Conversions, working with Hartzell Propeller,\nhas FAA approval to allow Supervan conversion customers to choose either\nstructural composite props or more economical aluminum props as part of their\nconversion package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNow Cessna Caravan owners and operators with the Supervan\nturboprop conversion can choose between a 110-inch diameter structural\ncomposite prop, or the more economical 109.5 diameter aluminum option. Both\npropellers are four-blade and offer a 60 pound or 25 pound weight savings,\nrespectively, over the original Supervan propeller,\u201d said Hartzell Propeller\nPresident JJ Frigge. \u201cAnd they both can get Hartzell Propeller\u2019s six&#8211;year,\n4,000 hours TBO,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHartzell has provided outstanding support for our\nengine-conversion program and our customers by developing both aluminum and\ncomposite propellers designed to maximize the performance of the Supervan\nconversion,\u201d said Texas Turbine Conversions President Bobby Bishop. \u201cThe result\nis a true 200+ knot airplane, with a 40 percent reduction in takeoff roll and a\nsubstantially greater rate of climb.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The combination of the Honeywell 950 shaft horsepower TPE331\nengines and the Hartzell propellers further distances the Supervan-modified 208\nand 208B Caravans from other Caravans available on the market. Both the\ncomposite and aluminum propellers were designed specifically for the Honeywell\nengine by Hartzell\u2019s engineering team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hartzell Propeller is the global leader in advanced\ntechnology aircraft propeller design and manufacturing for business, commercial\nand government customers. The company designs next generation propellers with\ninnovative blended airfoil technology and manufactures them with revolutionary\nmachining centers, robotics and custom resin transfer molding curing stations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hartzell Propeller and sister companies, Hartzell Engine\nTechnologies LLC, Quality Aircraft Accessories, and AWI-AMI (Aerospace Welding\nMinneapolis, Inc., and Aerospace Manufacturing, Inc.) form the general aviation\nbusiness unit of Tailwind Technologies Inc. For more info on Hartzell\nPropeller, go to www.hartzellprop.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo above &#8211; Texas Turbine Conversions President Bobby Bishop Texas Turbine Conversions, working with Hartzell Propeller, has FAA approval to allow Supervan conversion customers to choose either structural composite props or more economical aluminum props as part of their conversion package. \u201cNow Cessna Caravan owners and operators with the Supervan turboprop conversion can choose between [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18470,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-texas"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bobby-Bishop-Texas-Turbine-Conversions.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18469","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=18469"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18471,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18469\/revisions\/18471"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}