X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from imr-mb02.mx.aol.com ([64.12.207.163] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.1) with ESMTP id 5103903 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:52:12 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.12.207.163; envelope-from=wrjjrs@aol.com Received: from mtaout-ma04.r1000.mx.aol.com (mtaout-ma04.r1000.mx.aol.com [172.29.41.4]) by imr-mb02.mx.aol.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id p7PKpWWJ025322 for ; Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:51:32 -0400 Received: from [10.231.38.244] (102.sub-174-253-248.myvzw.com [174.253.248.102]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mtaout-ma04.r1000.mx.aol.com (MUA/Third Party Client Interface) with ESMTPSA id 0F240E0000A3 for ; Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:51:29 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: From: "wrjjrs@aol.com" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:51:45 -0700 X-Mailer: Motorola android mail 1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Props X-Priority: 3 References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Motorola-A-Mail-4dhk8sQ6NZtJ70Ze" x-aol-global-disposition: G X-AOL-SCOLL-SCORE: 0:2:428204736:93952408 X-AOL-SCOLL-URL_COUNT: 0 x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d29044e56b5d155c4 X-AOL-IP: 174.253.248.102 --Motorola-A-Mail-4dhk8sQ6NZtJ70Ze Content-Type: text/plain; Format="Flowed"; DelSp="Yes"; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Typically the fewer blades the better. Supposedly a counterbalanced single is supposed to be better than a 2 blade! I doubt most people would try though. The more blades you have the more wakes you cause. Bill Jepson Connected by DROID on Verizon Wireless -----Original message----- From: Samuel Treffinger To: Rotary motors in aircraft Sent: Thu, Aug 25, 2011 20:25:56 GMT+00:00 Subject: [FlyRotary] Props Hey, what would you recommend? A three or four blade prop? It will be wood, so weight isnt such an issue, but which is more efficient given the same power? Sam --Motorola-A-Mail-4dhk8sQ6NZtJ70Ze Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 PGh0bWw+PGhlYWQ+PHN0eWxlIHR5cGU9InRleHQvY3NzIj5ib2R5IHt3b3JkLXdyYXA6IGJyZWFr LXdvcmQ7IGJhY2tncm91bmQtY29sb3I6I2ZmZmZmZjt9PC9zdHlsZT48L2hlYWQ+PGJvZHk+PGRp diBzdHlsZT0iZm9udC1mYW1pbHk6IHNhbnMtc2VyaWY7IGZvbnQtc2l6ZTogMTZweCI+VHlwaWNh bGx5IHRoZSBmZXdlciBibGFkZXMgdGhlIGJldHRlci4gU3VwcG9zZWRseSBhIGNvdW50ZXJiYWxh bmNlZCBzaW5nbGUgaXMgc3VwcG9zZWQgdG8gYmUgYmV0dGVyIHRoYW4gYSAyIGJsYWRlISBJIGRv dWJ0IG1vc3QgcGVvcGxlIHdvdWxkIHRyeSB0aG91Z2guIFRoZSBtb3JlIGJsYWRlcyB5b3UgaGF2 ZSB0aGUgbW9yZSB3YWtlcyB5b3UgY2F1c2UuIDxicj5CaWxsIEplcHNvbiA8YnI+PGJyPjxmb250 IGNvbG9yPSIjMzMzMzMzIj48aT48c3BhbiBzdHlsZT0iZm9udC1zaXplOiAxNHB4Ij48Zm9udCBm YWNlPSJzYW5zLXNlcmlmIj5Db25uZWN0ZWQgYnkgRFJPSUQgb24gVmVyaXpvbiBXaXJlbGVzczwv Zm9udD48L3NwYW4+PC9pPjwvZm9udD48L2Rpdj48YnI+PGJyPi0tLS0tT3JpZ2luYWwgbWVzc2Fn ZS0tLS0tPGJyPjxibG9ja3F1b3RlIHN0eWxlPSI7IGJvcmRlci1sZWZ0OiAycHggc29saWQgcmdi KDE2LCAxNiwgMjU1KTsgbWFyZ2luLWxlZnQ6IDVweDsgcGFkZGluZy1sZWZ0OiA1cHg7Ij48ZGl2 IHN0eWxlPSJmb250LWZhbWlseTogc2Fucy1zZXJpZjsgZm9udC1zaXplOiAxNHB4Ij48Yj5Gcm9t OiA8L2I+U2FtdWVsIFRyZWZmaW5nZXIgJmx0O3NhbXVlbC50cmVmZmluZ2VyQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZn dDs8Yj48YnI+VG86IDwvYj5Sb3RhcnkgbW90b3JzIGluIGFpcmNyYWZ0ICZsdDtmbHlyb3RhcnlA bGFuY2Fpcm9ubGluZS5uZXQmZ3Q7PGI+PGJyPlNlbnQ6IDwvYj5UaHUsIEF1ZyAyNSwgMjAxMSAy MDoyNTo1NiBHTVQrMDA6MDA8Yj48YnI+U3ViamVjdDogPC9iPltGbHlSb3RhcnldIFByb3BzPGJy Pjxicj48L2Rpdj48ZGl2PjxkaXY+SGV5LCB3aGF0IHdvdWxkIHlvdSByZWNvbW1lbmQ/IEEgdGhy ZWUgb3IgZm91ciBibGFkZSBwcm9wPyBJdCB3aWxsIGJlIHdvb2QsIHNvIHdlaWdodCBpc250IHN1 Y2ggYW4gaXNzdWUsIGJ1dCB3aGljaCBpcyBtb3JlIGVmZmljaWVudCBnaXZlbiB0aGUgc2FtZSBw b3dlcj88L2Rpdj48ZGl2PsKgPC9kaXY+PGRpdj5TYW08L2Rpdj4NCjwvZGl2PjwvYmxvY2txdW90 ZT48L2JvZHk+PC9odG1sPg0K --Motorola-A-Mail-4dhk8sQ6NZtJ70Ze--