Originally Posted by
mark IX
The reason I am choosing Zinger is because they make a relatively in expensive 4 blade counterpart the to the 2 blade versions. It will give me an apples to apples comparison for my inital testing since the airfoil is also the same. Once I get more confidence in this power system I plan on looking at some of the more expensive 4 blade brands.
Thanx, Mark
That is the problem with finding multi blade props, there just are not a lot of options. The problem with these bigger props, is the cheap ones do not maintain their shape under load. So essentially they flatten out losing their pitch. Among my fellow large scale warbird flyers, the Zingers and Top flite props are known as "paint stirrers", as that is about what they are worth in relation to using them for flying.
You may look at APC and see if they have that multi blade hub, then you can replace a single blade if one gets damaged.
I am going to inject this as well. These 4 blade props look no more scale than the optimum 2 blade prop. So to me, I would just get the optimum 2 blade prop, and go fly. If you want it to look more scale in the pits, throw a static prop on it.