Tennessee Propellers
{{Short description|American aircraft propeller manufacturer}}
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| foundation = 1981
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| location_city = Rising Fawn, Georgia
| location_country = United States
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| industry = Aerospace
| products = Aircraft propellers
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Tennessee Propellers, Inc, founded in 1981, was an American manufacturer of wooden propellers for homebuilt and ultralight aircraft. The company headquarters was located in Rising Fawn, Georgia.Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, page 85. BAI Communications. {{ISBN|0-9636409-4-1}}{{cite web|url = http://tn-prop.com/About-Us.html|title = About Us|accessdate = 8 February 2012|last = Tennessee Propellers|date = n.d.}}
By December 2020 the company website was up for sale and the company is presumed to have ceased business.{{cite web|url= http://tn-prop.com/|title= tn-prop.com has expired.|access-date= 15 December 2020|author= Tucows.com Co.|work= tn-prop.com|year= 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201219170809/http://tn-prop.com/|archive-date= 19 December 2020|url-status= live}}
The company made two-bladed propellers from maple laminates in diameters up to {{convert|72|in|m|2|abbr=on}} for engines up to {{convert|100|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}}. The company is also the distributor for parts for the discontinued Japanese Zenoah G-25 and G-50 line of aircraft engines. In the early 2000s they also produced their own powered parachute design, the Scout, but the aircraft is now out of production.Cliche, Andre: Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide 8th Edition, page D-12. Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. {{ISBN|0-9680628-1-4}}{{cite web|url = http://www.tn-prop.com/Engines.html |title = Zenoah Engines |accessdate = 18 March 2012|author = Tennessee Propellers}}
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- {{Official website|http://tn-prop.com/}}
Category:1981 establishments in Tennessee
Category:2020 disestablishments in Tennessee
Category:Aircraft propeller manufacturers
Category:Companies established in 1981
Category:Manufacturing companies based in Georgia (U.S. state)
Category:Defunct aircraft manufacturers of the United States