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McCauley Propeller Systems is an American aircraft propeller manufacturer, founded in Dayton, Ohio in 1938 by Ernest G. McCauley. [1] At its peak, it was reportedly the world's largest aircraft propeller manufacturer, [ 2 ] or at least the largest manufacturer of general aviation propellers.
Ernest Gilbert McCauley (1889 – 1969) was an American aviation pioneer [1] [2] who in 1938 founded McCauley Aviation Corporation. [1] He began his career at the government's Propeller Research Department of the Airplane Design Section, Aviation Section of the Signal Corps based at McCook Field , Dayton, Ohio .
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The closures included the new 100,000-square-foot (9,300 m 2) facility that was opened in August 2008 at a cost of US$25M, plus the McCauley Propeller Systems plant. These closures resulted in total job losses of 600 in Georgia. Some of the work was relocated to Cessna's Independence, Kansas, or Mexican facilities. [41]
[3] [11] Almost all United States Army Air Forces aircraft in World War II used hydromatic constant-speed propellers. [3] The constant-speed propeller was popularly known as the "gearshift of the air." [12] [13] [14] Caldwell and Ernest G. McCauley hold three joint patents for propeller innovations. [6]
The V-Prop is an automatic self-powering electronic variable-pitch propeller developed by Silence Aircraft. A contra-rotating vaned spinner ahead of the main spinner both powers a microprocessor and delivers data to instruct the blades to be adjusted automatically.