Hi Dave When I wanted to buy a warp drive at Oshkosh back in 2004, the people at Warp drive refused to sell me one when they heard that I was going to use it on a VW. Len Steyn South Africa
-----Original Message----- From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net] On Behalf Of Jon Finley Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 2:49 AM To: KRnet Subject: RE: KR> Warp Drive 3-blade Ground Adjustable CF Prop Hi Dave, I have been flying behind one for about 450 hours. My application is probably unique so I submit that you may want to take my report with a grain of salt. My prop is small diameter 54" and high rpm (cruise in the 4300 rpm range). I had my blades profiled for high rpm use by Gary Hunter (former Pushy Galore crew chief). The prop works. However; I believe that it is far from optimal/efficient. With that in mind, I would not be scared to use the prop but I would not have high expectations for performance. The ground adjustability is sometimes worth that price. Plan to spend a bunch of time initially getting it setup correctly (proper pitch, all blades at the same pitch, tracking, etc...). BTW; I have heard it said quite a number of times that carbon fiber props should not be used on VW engines. I do not know if this applies to Revmasters and/or if anyone has actually studied this problem or it is just an old wives tale (I suspect the latter). I do not wish to spread rumors, neither do I care to read you had a crank break and destroyed your plane. Steve Bennett can probably clear this up in short order. Jon Finley N314JF - Q2 - Subaru EJ-22 [http://www.finleyweb.net/Q2Subaru.aspx] http://www.finleyweb.net/Q2Subaru.aspx -----Original Message----- From: "Dave Dunwoodie" <ddunw...@fnwusers.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 4:03pm To: kr...@mylist.net Subject: KR> Warp Drive 3-blade Ground Adjustable CF Prop Does anybody have any experience or thoughts about this prop? This would be mated to a Revmaster 2100. Thanks Dave. _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
