Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: flyrotary Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 20:01:27 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mailout2-eri1.midsouth.rr.com ([24.165.200.7] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0.1) with ESMTP id 1882795 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 10:34:36 -0500 Received: from office (cpe-066-061-039-056.midsouth.rr.com [66.61.39.56]) by mailout2-eri1.midsouth.rr.com (8.11.4/8.11.4) with ESMTP id gAKFYZf28659 for ; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 09:34:36 -0600 (CST) From: "Marc Wiese" X-Original-To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Hartzell prop user? X-Original-Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 09:34:20 -0600 X-Original-Message-ID: <003801c290aa$51f55d70$38273d42@office> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.3416 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 In-Reply-To: > Didn't the Starship have composite props? > > > > > > >Never EVER use any kind of metal prop on a pusher. > > > snip > > > engine of the 337 Skymaster (Mixmaster)? > > Or the turboprop Beach Starship? Perhaps the blades, but I'll put $ that the hub and the cs mechanism are steel and adapted from a metal prop. Most cs composite props have Hartzell/McCauley cs hubs (Whirlwind Co comes to mind-NICE props. My aerobatic hangar mate has a 3 blade Whirlwind on his 385 hp biplane and he throws that thing all across the sky-he does it professionally and flies Fedex Airbuses as a day job). [Marc Wiese]