DUC Hélices is a French maker of carbon-composite propellers and rotors, founded in 1997 and based at the Beaujolais aerodrome (LFHV) near Frontenas. The company covers the whole life of a propeller: design, aerodynamic analysis, manufacturing, qualification, certification, industrialisation and maintenance.
Its engineering rests on two skills, aerodynamics and composite materials, which it applies to propellers described as efficient, quiet and robust. The range serves aeroplanes, light and ultralight aircraft, autogyros, helicopters and multicopters. Besides propellers, DUC supplies spinners, spacers, pitch-setting tools, governors, helicopter rotors and drone and VTOL rotors. A finder on its website matches a propeller to the aircraft model, and a catalogue lists the products.
The company states that it holds aeronautical design, production and maintenance approvals and works with authorities including EASA, the FAA, ANAC, CAAC and JCAB. It is certified to ISO 9001 and says EN 9100 is in preparation. It exhibits at international trade shows and has a subsidiary in the United States to serve customers there.
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