[greatwarpilot]

Troy,

Your project looks like its really coming along! Thanks for sharing the great photos with us.

That sounds like a great price on the prop. If possible could you please PM or Email me with the contact info for the people you had make it?

We seem to have perpetual issues trying to find the right prop for our Ranger powered DVII. At the moment we have a big club on there that doesn't seem to do the trick, and are trying a standard Cornell prop next. In any case, neither looks very good on the airplane and it'd be nice to get something that at least looks more like yours (rather than the prop from a WWII trainer!).

Back to your question in the other thread, I'm not sure what you mean by lash. As I was told by the last person to fly the SE5 with the Blanton, the prop seemed to have play forward and backwards. The same kind of effect you'd get if sliding the prop and hub off the crank, although less pronounced.

You're right on the high RPM also. It was rather unconventional for an aircraft, and it could get pilots into trouble on final. If they brought the power back to a point that was appropriate for final approach the engine was still roaring away at a relatively high RPM, and this made far more noise in the cockpit than an approach would with an aircraft engine at idle or low power.

I'm rather glad that the airplane was converted to a Ranger before I got checked out in it. I've yet to hear a really reassuring PIREP of an airplane with an auto engine/PSRU combination. Your attempt sounds rather encouraging though, and I hope it works out well!

In any case, you have a nice airplane on the go. If for some reason the Ford doesn't work out would you have room in that scale cowl to put a Ranger in? Being reduced scale perhaps the typically under-weight Ranger problem would be less of an issue in your bird. Just a thought.

Cheers

Edward

P.S. - Please keep up apprised of your progress. I look forward to following the project.