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Old 07-29-2007 | 07:12 PM
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Default RE: In search of prop.


ORIGINAL: da Rock


ORIGINAL: Campy

In addition, 3 and 4 blade props are VERY ineffecient.
Would you be so kind as to supply some numbers?

Or just a source that describes what the efficiencies are?
da Rock, while I have no specific site to send you, you could try the search function on RCU. I have read on many threads here where a 3 blade will not perform like a 2 blade, and 4 blades are for static only. It has something to with the Reynolds number, which has something to do with the size of air molecules and their effect on full scale vs models (rough definition). This month's RC Report had an article explaining how to make a four blade for static.