Aircraft
Mahindra Sticks With Hartzell for New Airvan 10
The choice for the 10-seat utility turboprop continues a long association between the aircraft series and the prop maker.
Mahindra Aerospace has decided to maintain the more-than-30-year relationship between the Airvan series and Hartzell Propellers, equipping its new turboprop with an 84-inch-diameter constant-speed prop, optimized for improved climb.
Mahindra Aerospace has decided to maintain the more-than-30-year relationship between the Airvan series and Hartzell Propellers, equipping its new turboprop with an 84-inch-diameter constant-speed prop, optimized for improved climb.

Mumbai-based airframer Mahindra Aerospace has chosen to equip its recently certified Airvan 10 turboprop single with a Hartzell propeller. The decision continues a more-than-three-decade relationship between the airframer and the Ohio-based prop maker on the GippsAero aircraft series. The lightweight, three-blade, 84-inch-diameter aluminum hub propeller is constant speed, with feathering and reversing and is optimized to improve climb rate.