YS Engines

[Jerry Stebbins]

David, how can I get in touch with Prather?. I have been trying to find a
gauge for several years, and am always just behind the "last one"
Jerry
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Harmon" <K6XYZ at comcast.net>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 1:46 PM
Subject: RE: YS Engines


> Dean...I just had a nice conversation with Terry Prather and he said the
> next run of pitch gauges will be next month.
> I also mentioned the current need for a larger size gauge for today's
> props and he said that he had been thinking about it and would develop a
> new model this summer capable of handling props up to 24".
>
> Personally, I have had no problem using the original gauge to repitch
> APC props up to 16".
> I use it quite a bit to determine if the prop in question is what the
> mfg says it really is.
> Usually, the blades are not equal in pitch and neither blade is the
> pitch as marked.
>
> Regards
>
> Dave Harmon
> NSRCA 586
> K6XYZ[at]comcast[dot]net
> Torrance, Ca.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: discussion-request at nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]
> On Behalf Of Dean Pappas
> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 10:34 AM
> To: discussion at nsrca.org
> Subject: RE: YS Engines
>
> Prather make them up in batches fairly rarely, they are too small for
> 15, 16, and 17 inch props let alone the IMAC stuff, and it is otherwise
> a fine high-quality product. I've had mine since the great quiet
> struggle of '82/'83.
> Dean
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Harmon [mailto:K6XYZ at comcast.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 1:33 PM
> To: discussion at nsrca.org
> Subject: RE: YS Engines
>
>
> Hey Dean....does Prather still make that pitch gauge?
> I have one and it works well.
>
> Regards
>
> Dave Harmon
> NSRCA 586
> K6XYZ[at]comcast[dot]net
> Torrance, Ca.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: discussion-request at nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]
> On Behalf Of Dean Pappas
> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 10:11 AM
> To: discussion at nsrca.org
> Subject: RE: YS Engines
>
> Hi Anthony,
> The economics are not there, we have spoken to Fred at APC about this
> already. The propellor pitch gauge construction article will appear in
> FM. Now, all I have to do is write it ...
> Dean P.
>
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