Despite being integral to aviation for more than a century, propellers have changed remarkably little since the Wright Brothers. A team at MIT’s Lincoln Lab has developed a new propeller shape that ...

Figure 1 shows a bottom-up view of a drone propeller with one collapsible tip. The collapsible propeller tips technology is the latest patent to come out of the Seattle-based company's futuristic ...

Drones fly while rotating multiple propellers at high speed, which makes a loud buzzing noise during flight. Some drones have reduced noise by devising the shape of the propellers. In the 'Slow-motion ...

Over the past few years, labels such as DJI have pushed drones into the mainstream. If you look closely, you'll notice that a majority of them have four propellers, while helicopters have fewer of ...