Greetings all,
Does anyone remember the message I sent a week or so ago, when I said
I
didn't want a wood prop? Well, forget that :-)
After some further thought, and research, I've realized that it isn't
likely
that I'll get the kind of performance that I want from my Warp Drive
prop.
I can't help but notice that typical RV-3's, with far less power than
I've
got, are getting great performance with wooden props. At Tracy's
recommendation, I called Performance Props, and had a long talk with
them
about my needs. They were quite confident that they could get
me the
performance I want, so much so, that I signed up for a prop.
Unfortunately, I'm not scheduled to get a prop until around mid July,
but
that will give me time to clean up the airframe, and maybe even play
with a
3rd intake. Performance Props makes the prop initially a little
large at
first, then you tell them how it works, and send it back for a final
adjustment, and finish. I guess that means I need to get the
engine and
airframe finalized before testing the prop.
Cheers,
Rusty (got wood... oops, sorry)