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Mike, From a safety point of view the Ivo would be perfectly acceptable for your plane. There are a lot of them flying and I have not heard of a single incident of the prop failing unless someone stuck it in the ground or let something go thru it. Even in that instance, it will sustain less damage than some props. But I wouldn't recommend the prop for your plane. The design of the prop close to the hub is flat to the direction of flight and produces a lot of drag. This becomes a speed limit of about 185 mph. Your plane will be capable of much more than that. This limit doesn't come into play with a pusher plane because the fuselage blocks this area anyway and the prop works much better in that application. Bill B -----Original Message----- From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of randy snarr Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 6:20 AM To: lml Subject: [LML] Re: Ivoprop FWIW, I have a friend with an IVO Prop on his Lancair at my field. It has not flown yet but from what i have seen I would stay away from that propeller. They are relatively inexpensive and it shows. You get what you pay for and that is definetely true in this case. I have never seen a flying lancair with one of those propellers. Go with what other guys are usign and have had success with. You are wise to ask. You do not want to land one of these airplanes off field. The 2 items I would not scrimp on is engine or propeller... Your hands will be full enough enough without major potential life changing complications from one of those items. If you know what I mean..... IMHO Randy Snarr 235/320 N694RS --- On Thu, 12/3/09, Michel Collet <micollet@wanadoo.fr> wrote: > From: Michel Collet <micollet@wanadoo.fr> > Subject: [LML] Ivoprop > To: lml@yahoo.com > Date: Thursday, December 3, 2009, 4:21 AM Hello, What about an Ivoprop > (in-flight 2 blade prop) propeller for a Lancair 320? > Has one of you experience with such a prop? > Thanks in advance > > > > -- > For archives and unsub http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/lml/List.html > -- For archives and unsub http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/lml/List.html