---------------------------------------------------------- RV4-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 08/18/05: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 02:41 AM - Re: (Steve Mullins) 2. 02:55 PM - Re: (rob ray) 3. 05:37 PM - Prop (Robin Marks) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 02:41:32 AM PST US From: "Steve Mullins" Subject: RE: RV4-List: --> RV4-List message posted by: "Steve Mullins" Donna, I had a three blade Warp Drive ground adjustable prop on a Kitfox V (100 hp 0-200) I put 300 hours on the aircraft and didn't touch the prop. Steven D. Mullins Associate Professor of Economics The Breech School of Business Administration Drury University 417.889.5609 (Home) 417.873.7299 (Office) -----Original Message----- From: owner-rv4-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-rv4-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Donna Turrentine Subject: RV4-List: --> RV4-List message posted by: "Donna Turrentine" Hello.I am looking into fixed propellers and am thinking about carbon fiber props (specifically Warp Drive). Does anyone have any experiences with carbon fiber propellers? Thanks for any info.Donna ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 02:55:20 PM PST US From: rob ray Subject: RE: RV4-List: --> RV4-List message posted by: rob ray Donna, I have helped two people try pure carbon props, the IVO and the warp drive. Both are unsuited to the engine pulses of the Lycoming. The Whirlwind and Aerocomposites C/S props were specifically engineered for Lycomings and work very well. Lonnie Prince makes a Carbon-Coated wood "P-Tip" prop as well. The Warp drive and IVO both developed cracks at the hub... Rob Ray Steve Mullins wrote: --> RV4-List message posted by: "Steve Mullins" Donna, I had a three blade Warp Drive ground adjustable prop on a Kitfox V (100 hp 0-200) I put 300 hours on the aircraft and didn't touch the prop. Steven D. Mullins Associate Professor of Economics The Breech School of Business Administration Drury University 417.889.5609 (Home) 417.873.7299 (Office) -----Original Message----- From: owner-rv4-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-rv4-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Donna Turrentine Subject: RV4-List: --> RV4-List message posted by: "Donna Turrentine" Hello.I am looking into fixed propellers and am thinking about carbon fiber props (specifically Warp Drive). Does anyone have any experiences with carbon fiber propellers? Thanks for any info.Donna --------------------------------- ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 05:37:35 PM PST US Subject: RV4-List: Prop From: "Robin Marks" --> RV4-List message posted by: "Robin Marks" I am no expert but I have a Prince Carbon-Coated wood "P-Tip" prop on an o-320 fitted in an RV-4 and it hauls. No complaints. Robin RV-4 200 hours -----Original Message----- From: owner-rv4-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-rv4-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of rob ray Subject: RE: RV4-List: --> RV4-List message posted by: rob ray Donna, I have helped two people try pure carbon props, the IVO and the warp drive. Both are unsuited to the engine pulses of the Lycoming. The Whirlwind and Aerocomposites C/S props were specifically engineered for Lycomings and work very well. Lonnie Prince makes a Carbon-Coated wood "P-Tip" prop as well. The Warp drive and IVO both developed cracks at the hub... Rob Ray Steve Mullins wrote: --> RV4-List message posted by: "Steve Mullins" Donna, I had a three blade Warp Drive ground adjustable prop on a Kitfox V (100 hp 0-200) I put 300 hours on the aircraft and didn't touch the prop. Steven D. Mullins Associate Professor of Economics The Breech School of Business Administration Drury University 417.889.5609 (Home) 417.873.7299 (Office) -----Original Message----- From: owner-rv4-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-rv4-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Donna Turrentine Subject: RV4-List: --> RV4-List message posted by: "Donna Turrentine" Hello.I am looking into fixed propellers and am thinking about carbon fiber props (specifically Warp Drive). Does anyone have any experiences with carbon fiber propellers? Thanks for any info.Donna ---------------------------------