Douglas Fir wrote:

Paul

I would definitely be interested in side and end aluminum housings

in the

$500 to $1000 range and am sure I could even sell a ton of them

here in

Japan as well. After repeated emails to Racing Beat without

response I'm

very happy to hear that Mistral will sell parts.  Thanks a lot

Francois for

your fine work and great information.

In the last week I  have come to the conclusion I need a simpler

engine

mount to keep my planes cowl slim and Mistral's front housing

design is just

what I have in mind.

Doug in Japan

While you are at it Doug buy one of their gear boxes as well as you

will

need a constant speed prop.

Paul

I agree I need a constant speed prop.  Isn't an electrically adjusting

prop

an option for me?

Doug in Japan

Yes it is but a constant speed is cheaper and better as it is metal
(thinner) and not wood.

Paul Lamar

Doug,
With a s
Seawind you don't have many options for a reversing constant speed hub.
You need reverse for maneuverability on the water, ESP with a Seawind. I
think MT or Hoffman will supply a hydraulic governor and reversing hub
but that is the only one (new). Very expensive. AFAIK no one makes an
electric reverse hub. So, you are stuck with hydraulic- governor and hub
can be from a Lake or some similar oem McCauley or Hartzell. Blades, use
the all plastic hollow units (Whirlwind). Mistral, Marcotte, Powersport
and that is about it for cs redrives-and marcotte and powersport have no
prop gov pads either, just a hub and supply mechanism.
Marc

 
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