Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: flyrotary Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2003 23:25:42 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [64.4.38.140] (HELO hotmail.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0.3) with ESMTP id 1943077 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 01 Jan 2003 08:41:46 -0500 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 1 Jan 2003 05:41:45 -0800 X-Originating-IP: [65.137.51.14] Reply-To: "Tracy Crook" From: "Tracy Crook" X-Original-To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Cruise info X-Original-Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 08:40:59 -0500 Organization: Real World Solutions Inc. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 X-Original-Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 01 Jan 2003 13:41:45.0882 (UTC) FILETIME=[86C3C7A0:01C2B19B] But the question is, what would that Glasair II do with other props? My friend Felix has a Glasair with an O - 320 (160 HP, 40 LESS than the IO - 360) and a fixed wood prop and can go 245 at SL. The Glasair is a fast plane to begin with so we need comparative data to make a judgement on prop performance. I do plan to revisit my IVO prop again when I try some blade root fairings. I think David Atkins re-profiled the blade leading edge, not the root. Tracy Crook tcrook@rotaryaviation.com www.rotaryaviation.com > Perhaps you weren't subscribed at the time, but I reported on a Glasair II > awhile back that uses the IVO Magnum (66" 3-blade) on an IO360 installation... > he gets 245mph at full throttle 500 feet off the deck impressing the natives > in Sanibel, FL. That is a factory stock prop, BTW. The Magnum has had a much > different shape at the root than the rest of their line for several years now. > FWIW. > > > > > > >>>Yes, but didn't he do some top secret voodoo magic shaping of the root end > of the blades? I'd love to have one of those, but I've never been convinced > that you can buy one off the shelf and have it perform well at high speeds. > It's been a while since I talked to IVO, or researched the subject, so > perhaps they've changed the shape in the past year or so. Anyone know? <<< > > > >> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ >