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 Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 10:22 am Post subject: Seen at Oshkosh |
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Rumour had it that Warp Drive were in discussions with Airmaster to develop a new and more flexible propeller in place of the exisiting installations.
I met with the Warp Drive team at Oshkosh and they agreed to me publishing the attached photo of their 'work in progress'. Looks radical to me but no doubt others may have views on whether this is the way to go.
BTW was anyone else from the Europa fraternity at Oshkosh?
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Steve Pitt
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rlborger(at)mac.com
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| Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 1:02 pm Post subject: Seen at Oshkosh |
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Steve,
I was at KOSH. Did not see the Warp Drive folks. Must not have wandered through the muck and mire into the right area. Yup, it looks pretty radical to me.
I did stop at the Airmaster booth and talked to Martin. There was a nice looking prop with light weight, composite, blades from Sensenich. Martin said that they were working on both 2-blade and 3-blade versions. He also said that Bud was testing one of them. I'll be at Custom Flight Creations in about a week and a half. Maybe Bud will have some "poop" to share by that time.
Personally, I like the idea of lighter blades. Since the present WD blades will already push the Europa to near VNE, not much advantage in going faster. BUT, lighter blades should have lower rotational inertia and be easier on the gearbox. Maybe allow one to cruise at a lower MP at the same RPM and airspeed for better fuel economy?
Check six,
Bob Borger
http://www.europaowners.org/N914XL
Europa XS, Short Wing, Intercooled Rotax 914
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| Quote: | Rumour had it that Warp Drive were in discussions with Airmaster to develop a new and more flexible propeller in place of the exisiting installations.
I met with the Warp Drive team at Oshkosh and they agreed to me publishing the attached photo of their 'work in progress'. Looks radical to me but no doubt others may have views on whether this is the way to go.
BTW was anyone else from the Europa fraternity at Oshkosh?
Regards
Steve Pitt
G-SMDH
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