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APC Propellers

APC Propellers manufactures composite propellers for model aircraft and UAV applications. Its catalog includes electric, multirotor and specialty propeller...

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Segment
PROPULSION_COMPONENTS
Country
United States
Headquarters
Woodland, California
Founded
1989
Website
https://www.apcprop.com/

About APC Propellers

APC Propellers designs and moulds fixed-pitch composite propellers for electric, internal-combustion, multirotor and specialist model-aircraft applications. Its catalogue covers standard and reverse rotation, pusher, folding, racing and multi-blade configurations across a wide range of diameters and pitches, giving UAV builders discrete propulsion components for different motor, airframe and mission combinations.

Design and production take place at APC's California facility using proprietary CAD-CAM, aerodynamic and structural-analysis software. Blade geometry can blend different airfoil sections along the span, while vortex-based performance models estimate thrust, torque and efficiency across airspeed and rotational speed. Stress, fatigue and natural-frequency calculations inform the structure before operational testing. APC CNC-machines its injection moulds, stores process settings for repeatable production and adjusts moulding to control balance. It also publishes geometry and simulated performance files so aircraft developers can compare propellers and model them within a complete propulsion system.

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Summary

Type: Propeller supplier

Core: Composite UAV propellers

Function: Discrete thrust components

Audience: UAV makers

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