3-bladed props for OS160FX

[Dean Pappas]

Hi Bob,
Yes, and I have found that it doesn't make a difference, 'cause I am twisting to acheive the desired pitch about 75% of the way out on the blade, anyway. 
 
Regards,

Dean Pappas 
Sr. Design Engineer 
Kodeos Communications 
111 Corporate Blvd. 
South Plainfield, N.J. 07080 
(908) 222-7817 phone 
(908) 222-2392 fax 
d.pappas at kodeos.com 

-----Original Message-----
From: discussion-request at nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]On Behalf Of Bob Richards
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 8:51 AM
To: discussion at nsrca.org
Subject: RE: 3-bladed props for OS160FX


 I guess if you want to maintain a true helical pitch, if you are reducing the pitch then you will need to add some pitch back towards the tips. Higher pitch props have more twist along the blade than lower pitch props. So if you depitch at one point towards the root, then you end up with a blade that effectively has washout. Correct? That may be good for our purpose.
 
Bob.


Dean Pappas <d.pappas at kodeos.com> wrote:

Claudio,
Ideally you would twist the prop at several places to acheiv helical pitch. In practice, this is entirely unnecessary. Twist once, as close to the hub as practical, and that will work just fine. I see that Dave L added more detail to the procedure.
 
until later,
Dean Pappas 
Sr. Design Engineer 
Kodeos Communications 
111 Corporate Blvd. 
South Plainfield, N.J. 07080 
(908) 222-7817 phone 
(908) 222-2392 fax 
d.pappas at kodeos.com 

 

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