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 Airframe Parts - Aerodynamics - Vortex Generators

PROPELLER VORTELATOR KITS FOR ULTRALIGHT, HOMEBUILT AND CERTIFIED AIRCRAFT

Fly Faster and Use Less Gas
Aircraft Development has developed a vortelator propeller kit that is capable of increasing your aircraft speed by 2 to 4 mph and your RPM by 20 to 50 RPM. That’s if you have a fixed pitch propeller. If you have a constant speed propeller, for a given RPM and manifold pressure the propeller will be at a slightly larger pitch giving you more speed. This is accomplished by placing vortelators at certain critical locations on the propeller’s most inefficient highest air drag areas. The vortelators will cause the boundary layer to stay attached to the propeller surface for a greater distance, and to keep the boundary layer thinner. The net result of these two actions is that it reduces both the profile drag and skin friction drag components of the parasite drag. Another way to think of it is that the wake behind the aircraft propeller will be smaller, thus requiring less horsepower to turn the propeller through the air for a given RPM. Behind the vortelator mini vortices are created as can be seen by the lines of oil that form behind the vortelator. These mini vortices sweep the oil to a point in between the mini vortices, and that’s how the oil lines are formed. Whenever one sees these characteristic oil lines forming behind the vortelator one knows the vortelator is working. The vortelator allows the air flow to stay attached to the lift strut for approximately 80% of the lift strut’s chord. In the area where there is no vortelator, the air flow separates
from the lift strut and becomes turbulent, at approximately 40% of the lift strut’s chord, as can be seen from the pile up of oil at the 40% chord position. At the 40% chord position the lift strut is 2.01” thick, and at the 80% chord position the lift strut is 1.18” thick. That means the turbulent wake coming off the lift strut is only 59% as thick with the vortelator attached as without the vortelator attached. That also means with a narrower wake less horsepower is required to propel the lift strut through the air.

259-100 Propeller Vortelator Kit for Ultralight Aircraft
The propeller vortelator kit will increase the RPM’s by 20 to 50, increase airspeed by 2 to 4 MPH and also works on constant speed propellers. It is compatible with and will restore prop guard’s efficiency loss.
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P/N 05-01465 $23.95


259-200 Propeller Vortelator Kit for Homebuilt Aircraft
The propeller vortelator kit will increase the RPM’s by 20 to 50, increase airspeed by 2 to 4 MPH and also works on constant speed propellers. It is compatible with and will restore prop guard’s efficiency loss.
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P/N 05-01466 $23.95

260-100 Propeller Vortelator Kit for Certified Aircraft
The propeller vortelator kit will increase the RPM’s by 20 to 50, increase airspeed by 2 to 4 MPH and also works on constant speed props. It is compatible and will restore prop guard’s efficiency loss. The FAA has given permission for an A&P mechanic to install this kit and does not require the installation to be performed by an approved propeller repair station.
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P/N 05-01467 $89.50
Description Part No. Price Buy
259-100 PROPELLER VORTELATOR KIT
FOR ULTRALIGHT AIRCRAFT
05-01465$23.95
259-200 PROPELLER VORTELATOR KIT
FOR HOMEBUILT AIRCRAFT
05-01466$23.95
260-100 PROPELLER VORTELATOR KIT
FOR CERTIFIED AIRCRAFT
05-01467$89.50
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