sj
Staff member
Northwest Arkansas
I happened to be on the plane home from the Airmen's show with one of the MT Prop reps. Their booth is always right down from ours, and of course, I have an MT on my cub so we have chatted a lot about props, etc. His pitch was that by going to a 2 Blade MT on my C-180 (MT holds the STC to put it on a PPonk engine, not Knopp) instead of the Mac 401 I currently have, my life will be blessed with faster cruise, better climb, and of course, lighter weight on the nose. I would guess it might involve a little more vibration.
Anybody got an MT on a PPonk? Especially anybody who has made the 401 - MT switch, I'd live to hear your comments. Of course, rampant speculation is always welcome too
Now, I know there are a lot of you folks that don't like those wood and plastic props, but I am perfectly happy with the one on my cub, so the part of it "not being metal" does not really bother me.
I just think there HAS to be a tradeoff....
sj
Anybody got an MT on a PPonk? Especially anybody who has made the 401 - MT switch, I'd live to hear your comments. Of course, rampant speculation is always welcome too

Now, I know there are a lot of you folks that don't like those wood and plastic props, but I am perfectly happy with the one on my cub, so the part of it "not being metal" does not really bother me.
I just think there HAS to be a tradeoff....
sj