Vari-Prop, founded in 2004 by
Larry Morgan, was an American manufacturer of
composite propellers for
homebuilt
Homebuilt machines are machines built outside of specialised workshops or factories. This can include different things such as kit cars or homebuilt computers, but normally it pertains to homebuilt aircraft, also known as amateur-built aircraft ...
and
light-sport aircraft
A light-sport aircraft (LSA), or light sport aircraft, is a fairly new category of small, lightweight aircraft that are simple to fly. LSAs tend to be heavier and more sophisticated than ultralight (aka "microlight") aircraft, but LSA restrictio ...
. The company headquarters was originally located in
Cottonwood, California and later in
Beaverton, Oregon
Beaverton is a city in Washington County, in the U.S. state of Oregon with a small portion bordering Portland in the Tualatin Valley. The city is among the main cities that make up the Portland metropolitan area. Its population was 97,494 at the ...
.
[Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook'', page 86. BAI Communications. ]
The company's line of propellers started development in 1988 and consisted of
variable-pitch, ground-adjustable and
constant-speed propellers.
By 2016 the company's website was for sale and the company business seems to have been wound up.
See also
*
List of aircraft propeller manufacturers
This is a list of aircraft propeller manufacturers both past and present:
A
* Aero Ltd. - Poland
* AeroLux Propellers - United States
* Aeroproducts - United States
* Aerosila - Russia
* Airmaster Propellers - New Zealand
* The Airscrew Comp ...
References
External links
Official website archiveson
Archive.org
Companies established in 2004
Aircraft propeller manufacturers
Aerospace companies of the United States
Companies based in Beaverton, Oregon
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