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I don't know about being more efficient - both less blades = less drag.
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Yes Red Baron, I've read about these props in Kitplanes Magazine, and am seriously in doubt to build one on my 12. Numbers would surely help!
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3 Blade announcement from the mother ship
Looks like Vans is making it official.
If you?re at #OSH19 next week be sure to stop by the Van?s booth! Among the things we?ll have to show you will be this three-blade sensenichprop that will be available for the RV-12 and -12iS later this year! |
Hope we get some official performance numbers to go along with it!
I think the general feeling (earlier in this very thread?) was that 3 blades is good for climb and 2 blades was good for cruise. I suppose we can look at the demo airplane's trip (on an adsb website) to oshkosh to see how the speeds differed from last year's trip :D |
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One deal killer for me with any 3-blade prop is that most of them need their own special shipping boxes and they can't be UPS'd, rather they must go by truck which is a hassle and $$$. I understand with prop though the blades easily detach making for a compact shipping box. |
randy, i think this one is ground-adjustable, similar to what we have now.. but with a different hub and different blades (the width.. or i guess you'd call it the chord looks shorter).. so it should come in one long box just like our current props did.
The pre-announcement was on van's Instagram and Facebook pages.. https://www.instagram.com/p/B0HBSOgB...=1a16mp9cf8zg0 https://www.facebook.com/12182754122...ndex=0&sfns=mo |
If anyone is contemplating a 3-blade prop upgrade... I might be interested in your used 2-blade set-up. Most interested in just buying a matched set of blades with no hub or hardware.
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I don't like the math of a 3-bladed prop.
It increases my chances of hitting my head on it by 50%. |
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