Yikes; well; I still have my plate complete, save for a crack...
Still a coat hanger is what, a few mm's at most? heat up a prop and get it
spinning -- seems that space would be taken up in no time.

On Sat, 12 May 2007 23:15:46 -0400, "Ernest Scribbler"
wrote:

"Josh Assing" wrote
My gut says that the clearance is so small that it's
begging for damage from a twig in the water.

Twigs care not for clearance. I have about an inch between my prop and
cavitation plate (which, I must point out is technically an anti-ventilation
plate). I hit a small twig a couple years ago and took a big chunk out of
said plate. http://users.adelphia.net/~blizzard3...ges/break2.jpg