Hegy Propellers

Hegy Propellers, founded by Ray Hegy, was an American manufacturer of wooden propellers for homebuilt and ultralight aircraft. The company headquarters was located in Marfa, Texas.
Hegy built fixed-pitch two and four bladed propellers with diameters from for Continental engines, Volkswagen air-cooled engines and Chevrolet Corvair engines. Propellers were made from birch and maple.
History.
Ray Hegy worked in Milwaukee, building propellers for iceboats. This experience qualified him to responded to an ad "for cabinetmakers to build wooden craft propellers" in 1925. Ray Hegy bought his first plane, a Waco-10, in 1928. In 1957, Hedgy started building the "Chuparosa" and was finished after nine years at a cost of $600. The success of the "Chuparosa" changed Hegy "from a furniture maker and refinisher to a full-time carver of wooden propellers." At that time, Hegy made his propellers in his backyard workshop.