I just spoke with Joe at Revmaster. He confirmed that the Revmaster engines with their extra bearing and case design are fine with composite propellers (including IVOprops). Other VW conversions may not be depending on how modified the design is from the auto engine. In fact, Joe told me that the Revmaster was originally designed to work with a 14 lb aluminum propeller!
All this direct from the Revmaster man himself. Panic over. Tristan > On Mar 28, 2017, at 2:30 PM, Roy Keller via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> > wrote: > > Should call RevMaster (760) 244-3074. The RevMaster engines have extra > bearings, cast case and mine is even setup for a constant speed prop. I also > have a Great Plains engine conversion which is restricted to wood props only. > The Great Plains engine is for sale (336) 977-3922. > > > On 3/28/2017 3:32 PM, Mark Langford via KRnet wrote: >> Tristan wrote: >> >>> Interesting, I will follow that up. Any history behind that statement? >>>> Unless something has changed IVO props are not approved for a VW engine. >> I don't know who originated it, but I suspect it was GPASC. It is >> likely mentioned on their website at www.gpasc.com , or at least their >> VW building manual. >> >> Mark Langford, Harvest, AL >> ML "at" N56ML.com >> www.N56ML.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Search the KRnet Archives at >> https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. >> Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. >> see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change >> options. >> To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org >> > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. > Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
