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skywagon8a
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SE Mass MA6
Just a thought. They handle McCauley and are local. http://sensenichpropellers.com/Main.html?Home.html Might be worth a call.
SchulerJL
BENEFACTOR
Peoria, Illinois
Jim Fix, Fix Prop Shop, 3710 Air Park Rd, Lincoln, Nebraska, 68525, 402-470-2346 Check out the video review of a Borer 82" 41" he supplied and tweaked for me: http://youtu.be/bkCYprPJSOc Great service the prop is very smooth. If you buy it from him, he has it shipped to him from the factory and refines the tolerences to better than factory and ships it to you. Very fair price, very timely.
John
John
Steve Pierce
BENEFACTOR
Graham, TX
Jim might not be the cheapest but he will check and correct the angles to a closer tolerance than McCauley and you will feel the difference. Far better quality of work than the big prop shops. I believe it is just he and his wife so he does everything himself.
yankeetownboy
SPONSOR
indianapolis,in
You would be hard pressed to find a better prop man, honest and about as nice a fellow around. Also has a company that sell the high end seat foam (memory foam for lack of better word)
Jeff
Jeff
skywagon8a
MEMBER
SE Mass MA6
Just curious. What is this new prop going to accomplish? I have done some flight testing with 80" props on Lyc O-320 engines. An 8040 would have nowhere near enough pitch to keep from over speeding a 150hp engine. I would speculate that it would be more so with a O-360.
Scouter
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Exeter Maine
Got a guy who wants to buy my Scout and change out the constant speed for a fixed pitch to tug gliders. I agree, I think the pitch should be higher. Not having much luck with other than new which is big$$$$. Part of the problem is I think this prop is only used on a Scout.
Jim
Jim
58float182
Registered User
Atlanta Area, Georgia
Why would you give up the versatility of a constant speed for a single use fixed prop?
bat443 wrote: In commercial operations these would be required
on both an hour and calender basis, which ever came first
Howerver in glider tow operations, the towplane operates under Part 91, rather than the more rigid Part 135 maintenance requirements. But on a tug, it's either max climb on tow, or descending, no performance advantage to a CS prop, and the maintenance is a lot more.
The last large glider tow operation running Scouts was the Fisher Agency, contractor to the US Air Force Academy. They ran the 1A-200-HFA-80/39; factory "stock" pitch was 80/41. Bear in mind this was at 7000 MSL, with high density altitudes much of the year. I ran the same 80/39 for many years at 5500 MSL with good results.
Thanks. cubscout
on both an hour and calender basis, which ever came first
Howerver in glider tow operations, the towplane operates under Part 91, rather than the more rigid Part 135 maintenance requirements. But on a tug, it's either max climb on tow, or descending, no performance advantage to a CS prop, and the maintenance is a lot more.
The last large glider tow operation running Scouts was the Fisher Agency, contractor to the US Air Force Academy. They ran the 1A-200-HFA-80/39; factory "stock" pitch was 80/41. Bear in mind this was at 7000 MSL, with high density altitudes much of the year. I ran the same 80/39 for many years at 5500 MSL with good results.
Thanks. cubscout
