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Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:41:20 -0400
From: John Slade <sladerj@sbcglobal.net>
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To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
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 >I didn't know anyone had ever had any success with an IVO. Tell me more.
What do you want to know? Its a very well engineered piece of equipment. 
The CF blades are hollow and have a steel rod running to the hub. 
Activating the motor via brushes twists the steel and thus twists the 
blades equally. The twist change is quite visible. There were problems 
with the individual blades slipping on the hub. This has been solved by 
providing a knurled hub, and not selling to guys with Lycomings. The IVO 
is available for rotary, subaru, Franklin 6 and other less "pulsy" 
engines. After the first 15 hours or so my blades have hardly taken any 
extra torque.

My performance is greatly enhanced compared to the fixed pitch 
Performance prop. Static with the wood prop was around 4500. With the 
IVO on full fine I get closer to 5400 which gives me access to a lot 
more power on take off. I've never done a "high speed" run with the IVO, 
but I've had 180 kts indicated at 2000' a few times without much effort, 
and without ever going to the full course setting. Another nice bonus is 
that throttled back on full fine for landing, the prop acts like a 
brake. Its much easier to land and stop than the fixed pitch that's 
pushing you along fairly well, even at idle.

I know a Velocity driver (Mike Watson) who also uses an IVO (Franklin 6) 
and is very happy with it after around 5 years of use.

The factory people are very easy to deal with and very helpful.

The Cozy Girrrls are installing an IVO. What better recommendation could 
you want? :)

Regards,
John Slade
Turbo Rotary Cozy IV, N96PM
98.1 Hrs.

Mike Wills wrote:
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> Mike Wills
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> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 10:30 AM
> Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Ground Testing
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>> The IVO electric in-flight adjustable costs around $2350. I'm very 
>> pleased with mine. My "spare" is a $2700 fixed pitch wood prop thats 
>> a piece of art, but doesn't work anywhere near as well.
>> John
>>
>> Tracy Crook wrote:
>> A variable pitch prop would be nice to get the best of both worlds 
>> but it's an expensive option and $10,000 buys a lot of gas.
>>
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