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Ha rtz ell Prop elle r has wra ppe d up
its fou rth yea r as the Prop eller Techn ica l
Part ner for the Re d Bul l Air Race
Cham pions hi p. As par tof itspar tne rship,
Ha rtz ell pr ovide d the Cl aw thr ee- bla de
structur al compositepropeller's to all
fo urte en ra ce tea ms comp eting in theRe d
Bull Air Rac eWorld Cha mpion ship.
The co mpa ny also suppl ied gov er -
nor s, com posit e spinn ers and tec hni ca l
su pp or t fo r th e 201 7 Ch ampions hip,
wh ich saw eight ra ces in sev en co untr ies.
Ei ther Mat t Van Voorh is or Alex
Krau sko pf, both Tech nical Represen -
tative s fr om Ha rtz ell Pr odu ct Supp ort ,
at tend ed ea ch ra ce pr ovidin g tec hnic al
ex per tise fo r prope lle rs and gove rn ors to
al lofthe race teams.
In 2017, the Cha mpio nship celeb ra t-
ed its dia mond 75th ra ce in Abu Dha bi,
UA E, retur ned to Buda pest , Hunga ry for
the 11th time , saw a reco rd br eakin g
850 ,000 spe cta tors in Porto , Por tug al as
we ll as a debut ra ce in Russi a amon g
oth er highl ights. The Cha mpi onshi p also
tou che d do wn in the US A(for two rac es
incl udi ng the se ason finalein
In dian apolis) ,Ja pan and Ge rma ny.
“I t is pre tty amaz ing and impr ess ive
wh at the se pilo ts are capa ble of and wh at
the y' re do ing. The leve l of skill and con -
ce ntr atio nre quir ed to race in atrac katup
to 19 9 knots is cra zy ,” Kraus kopf sa ys.
“A nd the pilot sar eall gr ea t, gre atpeop le.
The tea ms are fant astic. It's a rea lly
uni que and cool exper ien ce. I' m luc ky
tha tI'vegotte nto be apar tofthi sfor the
pa st fou ryear s.”
Va n Voorh is echoe d his comme nts,
“T his season was the most inte re stin g
se ason for me. The level of co mpe titio n
wa seve nhig her than in ye ar spas t. The re
we re consis tent ly thre eor fo ur pilots that
we re in compe titio nfor the top spot. The
level of pr epa rat ion and co mpe titio n is
unr iva led. ”
The Red Bu ll Ai r Race team trans -
por ts Ha rtz ell' s spa re pr ope ller s, ca rbon
co mposi te spi nners an d lightwei ght gov -
er nor s alon g with tools and a dyna mic
ba lanc ing machi ne on one of the two
747 s tha t ar e use d for log istic s suppo rt,
inclu ding racepl an e tran spo rt betwe eninte rnat iona l rac es. The mo st comm on
mechanical pr ocesses,according to
Krauskop f and Van Voorhis, are repa ir,
re mov al an d repl acement of pr ops and
the n bala nc ing the propeller s for per-
fo rma nc eeffi cie ncy.
The Claw competitive pr op use d by
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Ce lebra tin g its 100 th year, Hartzell
Pr ope lle ris the globalleaderinadvanced
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