I've heard that too but I flew my Murphy Renegade Spirit for almost an hour
through a heavy downpour once and detected no problems with my wooden prop.
(I got pretty wet and didn't appreciate 60 MPH raindrops in the face.) I
don't know about composite props but I would suspect that they would be fine
in rain. I recently talked to a guy at the airport that used some kind of
special leading edge tape on his prop that is supposed to prevent rock
damage. He said it worked good until he flew in rain. Took the tape right
off but the prop was fine.
Mike
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From:
mike.davis@dcsol.com [mailto:
mike.davis@dcsol.com] On Behalf Of
mbetti@up.net
Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 9:01 AM
To:
rebel-builders@dcsol.com
Subject: Re: [rebel-builders] Prop
Thanks,
Somewhere along the way I heard something about rain and wood props don't
mix. Is this a problem with a Prince?
Mike Betti
771E
On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 22:27:38 -0400,
rebel-builders@dcsol.com said:
Hi Mike I have a brand new prince prop on my plane and I'm very pleased
with it. Mines the p-tip model I think it's quieter than my old warp drive
prop but maybe it's the engine. Lonnie prince will recommend the correct
prop for your application when you call him.
At 12:49 PM 8/9/2006 -0400, you wrote:
I'm using a Lycoming 180 hp in my Elite. I see a lot of previous talk in
the past here of the Prince prop. Is the P-tip the ok one to use and is the
Prince prop the way to go on this airplane? I like the idea of less weight
up front, I have a feeling I will be too light in the tail when the time to
weigh it comes?
Drew
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