Hello Gang;

    I'm delighted to announce that the LAEV Blades are in

transit to me

from

Perry's........
Yes, feast your eyes on these beauties designed by Bill

Freeman, thank

you

Bill, who did an absolutely bang-up hi-tech job of it. Built by

Perry

Mick,

whom as you all know is by no means a stranger to "Goo-Goo"

construction

and

processes, what a great job!
Bill, Perry, if the Blade's performance matches their looks,

there's

going to

be a lot of fast planes out there :)
This is the result of Perry's 1st iteration, of both "Recipe" and

"Technique".

The bad news is, the Blade came in over-weight (What else is

new) :( at

9.5 lbs

each........The good news is, Paul and Perry both have put

their heads

together

on the process and are very confident that the 2nd set will

meet the

target

weight of 7 lbs. :)

We will however be employing these for testing the Hub which

will be

subjected

to 26% higher centrifugal cyclic forces......GARGANTUAN would be an

under

statement.

Perry, chime in on this and edge protection etc. etc.

More after I have them installed on the Hub.
                                                       Butch

Great work Perry. I'll keep them for flight testing :)

Paul Lamar

Robin Ream wrote:

Is there ever going to be a three blade for us 20B guys?

Robin

I would not hold my breath Robin. This has been a monumental 3 year
project and
we are not done yet. This must be tested on our torture test stand/dyno
and flight tested before even these are ready to be duplicated.
A three blade design is a whole different animal.

Beside that this is a very small market for the foreseeable future. We
will know
more after this summer so we can evaluate the growth of rotary engines in
airplanes.
We need more airplanes to show up at Sun n Fun, OSH, Copper State,
Arlington, etc. etc. That Power Sport Velocity crash was a set back IMHO.

I think Butch will agree with me on this.

Paul Lamar

Mark Steitle wrote:

Paul,
If this prop would work on other applications, I would think there would be
a very large market, especially if the price is kept reasonable.  Don't
most of the pushers prefer 3-blades?  With more cord, could the 2-bladed
LEAV prop be made to handle 300hp?

300 HP might be pushing it. Most exp. airplanes are RV's and other tractors.

Paul Lamar

What is the hp of the test engine?

1988 13B with stock 91 turbo. My guess is 200 HP  220 HP if I over boost
it.
 
Paul Lamar
 
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