OMG!  Those look great!  Any plans on making blades for pushers?  If
not, how difficult are the blades to make considering the builder has
completed a composite Airframe?  It sounds like the financial side has
been discussed a little, any guess on how much money I need to save for
one of these bad boys?  Some of us have to think way ahead <grin>

Waiting in anticipation (hell I may buy two, one to hang on the wall, a
thing of beauty for sure...)

Todd Carrico

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Todd,.....Guess what???? You're not the only one interested in "Pusher Blades"
there are a lot more of you out there, starting with "Yours Truly"........The
way I look at it is: "No Pusher Blades, No Hub" :)

All joking aside, Perry will be constructing BOTH Tractor & Pusher style
Blades, plus "custom tweaking"........Perry, please chime in on this before I
get you into real trouble :-)
As far as $$$$, hang in there, we are practically ready for testing and Paul
has graciously drafted Ed Anderson to do the flight testing ;-)

                                                    Butch

Hey... it is not like I am asking him to flight test them before we torture
the hell out of those blades on the test stand :)

Paul Lamar

Yes I will build blades, and probably many variations of them. Not
everyone will be happy with 72 inches in diameter and not everyone has
250 HP. Then there are different twists and diameters for 2.17 and 2.85
drives, and the pusher versions.  Paul has come up with some
computerized methods to make building the molds easier.  I have some
prop programs I use to design my props so I can run simulations for
custom requirements.  Maybe Vance J. or Bill F. could get involved in
designing custom blades or verifying designs. Eventually we will have a
catalog of blades to choose from and a shelf full of various molds.

Perry Mick
http://www.ductedfan.com

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