Eny 46 prop?
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RE: Eny 46 prop?
Hello; I have two of those fine engines, the prop I had most sucess with is an old Taipan 11 x 7. The other engine has an old top flite 11 x7 wood prop on it. the Taipan prop has wide blades and I think is nylon, it is quite flexible. Is this a four stroke engine? Mine are.
If it is a two stroke, then I can't help you.
If it is a two stroke, then I can't help you.
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RE: Eny 46 prop?
Hemm 11 will not work, need a smaller prop. 11x7 i picked up is to big for this small plane. Like to hit the groups on take off when tail lifts up. I have a 9x7 3 blade around that i used on my air boat. Will that work?
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RE: Eny 46 prop?
Hi!
It will work but will not be the best of prop sizes.You risking over rewing the engine!
As has been said earlier a 11x7 or 12x4, 12x5 APC is what I would use.
What kind of strange airplane do you have that can't use a 11" prop?
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It will work but will not be the best of prop sizes.You risking over rewing the engine!
As has been said earlier a 11x7 or 12x4, 12x5 APC is what I would use.
What kind of strange airplane do you have that can't use a 11" prop?
Regards!
Jan K
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10-21-2005, 03:32 PM
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RE: Eny 46 prop?
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Hemm 11 will not work, need a smaller prop. 11x7 i picked up is to big for this small plane. Like to hit the groups on take off when tail lifts up. I have a 9x7 3 blade around that i used on my air boat. Will that work?
Hemm 11 will not work, need a smaller prop. 11x7 i picked up is to big for this small plane. Like to hit the groups on take off when tail lifts up. I have a 9x7 3 blade around that i used on my air boat. Will that work?
I think a 9x7 three blade prop falls into the sufficient load category. On the edge and close, but okay. I revved the pookies out of my Enya 80-4C and it never had a problem. In fact, it seemed to thrive on high rpms. Climbing knife-edge flight with a Goldberg Anniversary Edition J-3 Cub, for instance. I flew it like this quite often for several years before selling it. Last I heard, the other fellow was flying it the same way several years later. I do not think that I would apply this philosophy to a cheap Chinese four-stroke, but who knows what the results would be? The Enya 80-4C held up just fine.
The problem is that this prop is not going to deliver all that much thrust. Of course, that depends upon the model that you are flying too.
It might be time to consider either putting larger diameter wheels on your model, or replacing the original landing gear and wheels with something that will give you the needed ground clearance.
Good luck.
Ed Cregger
