I appreciate your offer to communicate to the Lancair Builders Group that AeroComposites, Inc. will have its propeller booth/display in Building A at the upcoming EAA Oshkosh Air Show. We will be offering attractive Show Pricing for future orders made possible based on the growing number of propeller orders we have received and the resulting quantity hardware buys we can now make.  Our propeller delivery lead-time is now two months where we are working a partial second shift to meet specific customer needs for shorter delivery times. We believe that the AeroComposites propellers represent the most significant advance in propeller technology in General Aviation in the last 50 years.

For your information, recently we asked Rick Schrameck, president of Aero Supercharger Solutions, LLC., if he would flight test our 3-bladed, constant speed AeroComposites propeller (72 inch diameter) on his supercharged Lancair Legacy aircraft which he agreed to do. The powerplant in his aircraft is a Continental 550 engine equipped with their supercharger unit which developed 350 horsepower at all altitudes tested. During all flight tests there were two pilots on board, takeoff was with full fuel load with 50 lbs of baggage on-board. The gross weight of the aircraft during test was 2420 lbs at takeoff where the dry aircraft weighs in at 1440 lbs. The flight test results reported to us by Rick are impressive.

With our propeller, Rick reported a shorter takeoff roll, a climb rate of 3100 ft/min from 3,000 to 15,000 ft altitude at constant 160 knot airspeed. This represented an increase of 1100 ft/min in climb rate for his Legacy.  At 15,000 ft altitude, the high speed cruise was recorded to be 345 mph, which Rick said represented an increase in cruise speed of 21 mph for his aircraft at that altitude. Rick has since placed an order for an AeroComposites propeller which we will be delivering to him in the next few daysprior to the EAA Oshkosh Air Show.

Marv, we are now building up the AeroComposites 3-bladed propeller for your current Lancair IVP customer’s aircraft. Also, I appreciate your sales lead on a second propeller customer. This individual placed an order with us just yesterday for a 3-bladed propeller. 

I look forward to seeing you at Oshkosh.  Thanks again for your support.

Harry Griswold

VP Marketing - AeroComposites