[PUP] Emergency Power (The Dashew's trip planning)

bill wcz4399 at yahoo.com
Mon Mar 3 07:13:26 EST 2008


Dave wrote

"The Martec folding props can fail to open a blade and
are worthless
 when
they fail requiring a trip over the side. The geared
folders like the
 Gori
and similar ones make sure both blades open at the
same time and
 amount. A
better mousetrap, IMO."

Agreed the geared folding props are superior.

Martec makes a geared 2 blade folding prop.  Standard
pivot pins are too small and tend to bend and need to
be upsized IMO.

Both Gori and Flex-O-Fold offer folding 3 blade,
geared  versions with claims for better efficiency
over 2 bladed versions.

regards,
Bill




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