At Oshkosh I saw the prototype prop rated for engines around 180HP. It
looked beautiful. It was displayed in the NASA building as the research
was done with NASA money. I did my level best to convince the man from
the company that they should produce one for engines in the 80-125HP
category, saying that at that end of the spectrum the need was even
greater. He was intrigued, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
The prop was highly curved, black (all carbon fiber) and had a lot of
good-looking support data. It's hard to be confident of a prop you KNOW
is bending.....
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony Krzyzewski [SMTP:tonyk@kaon.co.nz]
> Sent: Friday, January 23, 1998 02:24
> To: europa@avnet.co.uk
> Subject: Re: VP Props
>
> I have seen composite versions for engines over 160hp. Reports on them
> seem
> to be very good.
>
> Do composite versions for 80-100hp exist though?
>
> Tony
>
>
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At Oshkosh I saw the prototype prop rated for engines around 180HP. It looked
beautiful.
It was displayed in the NASA building as the research was done with
NASA money. I did my level best to convince the man from the company that they
should produce one for engines in the 80-125HP category, saying that at that
end of the spectrum the need was even greater. He was intrigued, but I wouldn't
hold my breath.
The prop was highly curved, black (all carbon fiber) and had a lot of
good-looking
support data. It's hard to be confident of a prop you KNOW is bending.....
-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Krzyzewski [SMTP:tonyk@kaon.co.nz]
Subject: Re: VP Props
I have seen composite versions for engines over 160hp. Reports on them seem
to be very good.
Do composite versions for 80-100hp exist though?
Tony
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