Vari-Prop

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Vari-Prop
Industry Aerospace
Founded2004
FounderLarry Morgan
Defunct2016
FateOut of business
Headquarters,
Products Aircraft propellers
Parent Pitch-Control Systems
Website variprop.com

Vari-Prop, founded in 2004 by Larry Morgan, was an American manufacturer of composite propellers for homebuilt and light-sport aircraft. The company headquarters was originally located in Cottonwood, California and later in Beaverton, Oregon. [1] [2]

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The company's line of propellers started development in 1988 and consisted of variable-pitch, ground-adjustable and constant-speed propellers. [1] [2]

By 2016 the company's website was for sale and the company business seems to have been wound up. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, page 86. BAI Communications. ISBN   0-9636409-4-1
  2. 1 2 Vari-Prop (2007). "History". Archived from the original on April 5, 2016. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
  3. Pitch-Control Systems, LLC (2007). "Vari-Prop". variprop.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 12, 2022.