[rebel-builders] Prop for sale (what I'm flying now)
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 11:42 am
Hi Drew,
I should'a known this question was going to be asked!!
Well, I'm flying behind a 3 blade composite prop made by Catto props. 68"
dia, 46" pitch, a beautiful white with blue tips. And it weighs 13 lbs. Cost?
1850.00 and that included leading edge tape.
Am I happy with it? OH BOY AM I !!!!
Let me start with this. Like Walter K, I'm running a 150 hp 0-320 a2b. I
really liked the way the 3 blade Warp prop performed here in the low lands
(Michigan) and I had actually won a quickest off the water contest against some
pretty stiff competition. 300 hrs and I found the cracks on the blades. Sent
the prop and hub (3blade) back to warp drive and they sent me back a 4 blade.
During the time the prop was off I contacted Catto props, sorta on a whim,
to see if he was interested in a seaplane prop. He's known for his Long-ez
props but they are the go fast pusher prop guys. He convinced me. 10 long months
later it arrived. That is the only bad news.
When we talked about what I wanted in performance we together came up with
a 3 blade that turns 2400 on the initial spin up and maxes out at 2750rpm. He
hit those number right on!! The warp drive had almost a 600 rpm spread. The
Catto is as quick off the water as the warp drive was when it was set in the
race mode and yet it still will pull me thru the air at 100 mph @2450 rpm,
when the warp drive would barely make 85 at that rpm setting and pitched real
fine.
What I lost is the ability to adjust the pitch which I did several times.
I do miss that. What I gained is a prop that really performs well across a
wider range. A little more on that is I really feel that the Warp didn't
perform that well at altitude, something to due with the cord length maybe? The
Catto seems to pull much better at altitude, say 10,500 ft.( I still fly high
over lake Mich going to OSH)
Would I change anything? Hmm, well maybe a little more pitch, but so much
of my flying is short hops I really like to get up and off the little lakes
quickly. It's not uncommon to touch 8 different lakes in an hour of flying.
The reason I held on to the warp for this long was to be sure that the
Catto would do that as well. If it had not I'd have put the warp back on and
sent the Catto back for adjustment.
I'm happy so the Warp is for sale. Pictures on request
Curt N97MR
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I should'a known this question was going to be asked!!
Well, I'm flying behind a 3 blade composite prop made by Catto props. 68"
dia, 46" pitch, a beautiful white with blue tips. And it weighs 13 lbs. Cost?
1850.00 and that included leading edge tape.
Am I happy with it? OH BOY AM I !!!!
Let me start with this. Like Walter K, I'm running a 150 hp 0-320 a2b. I
really liked the way the 3 blade Warp prop performed here in the low lands
(Michigan) and I had actually won a quickest off the water contest against some
pretty stiff competition. 300 hrs and I found the cracks on the blades. Sent
the prop and hub (3blade) back to warp drive and they sent me back a 4 blade.
During the time the prop was off I contacted Catto props, sorta on a whim,
to see if he was interested in a seaplane prop. He's known for his Long-ez
props but they are the go fast pusher prop guys. He convinced me. 10 long months
later it arrived. That is the only bad news.
When we talked about what I wanted in performance we together came up with
a 3 blade that turns 2400 on the initial spin up and maxes out at 2750rpm. He
hit those number right on!! The warp drive had almost a 600 rpm spread. The
Catto is as quick off the water as the warp drive was when it was set in the
race mode and yet it still will pull me thru the air at 100 mph @2450 rpm,
when the warp drive would barely make 85 at that rpm setting and pitched real
fine.
What I lost is the ability to adjust the pitch which I did several times.
I do miss that. What I gained is a prop that really performs well across a
wider range. A little more on that is I really feel that the Warp didn't
perform that well at altitude, something to due with the cord length maybe? The
Catto seems to pull much better at altitude, say 10,500 ft.( I still fly high
over lake Mich going to OSH)
Would I change anything? Hmm, well maybe a little more pitch, but so much
of my flying is short hops I really like to get up and off the little lakes
quickly. It's not uncommon to touch 8 different lakes in an hour of flying.
The reason I held on to the warp for this long was to be sure that the
Catto would do that as well. If it had not I'd have put the warp back on and
sent the Catto back for adjustment.
I'm happy so the Warp is for sale. Pictures on request
Curt N97MR
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