In npj0f.64$784.63@lakeread08 "Glenn Ashmore" writes:

I am headed for Annapolis Thursday at o'dark thirty. One priority is to
find a 3 bladed feathering prop. The candidates a Martec Auto Stream ,
MaxProp, VariProp and Gori.

Anyone have anything good or bad to say about any of them? Any others you
would recommend I look at?

Any reason Autoprop is not on your list? Price?

I had a two bladed Gori, and think this is perhaps the best two bladed
folding prop. But when I wanted to change to a three bladed feathering
prop, I ended up with j-prop: http://www.bomon.com/jprop/.

I have been very happy with the performance and here in Europe it is
much cheaper than the competition.

There is one question you should pay attention to: If your gearbox has
not about the same reduction ratio of revs on both the forward and
backwards gear, then you better to get an feathering prop that can be
adjusted to different angle of attack of the blades on forward and
reverse. I know J-prop does not have this, but only a few have. It is
possible maxprop has.

- Lauri Tarkkonen


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Glenn Ashmore

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