Hello Martin, last year just before sun & fun Ivan tested the ivoprop on
N512SA, and it was removed before the rotax race. I flew down to Sebring
Fl. with Ivan to have it installed. It did not work as planned or
advertised. I'm really not sure about the principle of twisting a prop
blade like Ivoprop does anyway! I had a NSI prop at Lakeland, it went
back for the pitch indicater and hasn't been seen since! (5 months) I'm
getting phone numbers of folks flying the Arplast on 912/914's in the
states and will let you know their opinions. Graham S. gives the Arplast a
good review.
Jim Thursby
N814AT (also waiting in breathless anticipation
for a firewall forward
kit)
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>I spoke to Warp Drive a couple of days back about the availablility of
>their NSI/Warp Drive VP prop and they said that it was currently
>unavailable pending the investigation of the one that failed on the
>Lancair. So although no service action was required for Rotax 912/914
>installations they seemingly remain unavailable.
>Got me thinking about alternatives and remembered reading the piece on
>props in the No. 17 Newsletter. Although it said that a variety of props
>had been tried out including Ivoprop (early version), Rospeller, Arplast
>(prototype and production version) and Airmaster with Warp Drive blades the
>only results described were for the Warp Drive/NSI hub which later appeared
>in the XS price list as an option.
>I saw Graham Singleton's recent message about the Arplast (but
>unfortunately hit the Delete button instead of Save - perhaps you could
>send it to me again Graham?) and realized that I know little about the
>Arplast other than that published on their UK Web site - which isn't much.
>Are they available/manufactured in the U.S? Is there a U.S distributor?
>What is it like mechanically? Does it feature a panel mounted position
>indicator (the Ivoprop one doesn't)? What is the spinner diameter and
>length (i.e. how will it look on the front of a Europa with the new XS
>style cowlings)?
>Martin Tuck
>N152MT
>Wichita, Kansas
>(awaiting 912 and new style Stage 4 kit - next week?)
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