A Blast from the past
 

Literally! A bunch of laminated wood props used on the long stroke 60's. Most of these came unfinished and had to be balanced and clearcoated.
The one marked Asano and Hatta came finshed and is still sealed in the bag :)
I remember flying these and it really hurt when you broke one or even chipped one. Of course the chipped ones just got cut down to the next size :)
Stuart

RE: A Blast from the past
 

As I recall, there was a big price difference between finished / balanced and unfinished props, but even unfinished the props were about $12 apiece. I was really excited when the APC props started appearing. I still have a bunch of early production (experimental) APC props that I got from Mack Patterson lots of different blade shapes. My finished (never to be flown) Asano props decorate my workshop wall. Ahhhhhh, the good old days ;)
-Will

RE: A Blast from the past
 

Anyone remember who sold them? I think I remember seeing finished ones packaged by MK but could be wrong. All of these except for the Asano/Hatta signed one were bare wood when received.
Stuart

RE: A Blast from the past
 

I still have a supply of Rev-Up 11/7 and 11/7.5 props. I've almost got rid
of them a few times but decided to keep them for what ever reason.

tommy s

RE: A Blast from the past
 

I think those Asano props were a lot more expensive than $12 each werent they?

RE: A Blast from the past
 

I still have a box of DW 11x9 wides. They were my solution to noise with the short stroke YS's . Took a while to get them after ordering.
Stuart

RE: A Blast from the past
 

I seem to remember closer to $20-30 for the finished. Remeber seeing a guy break 3 at a contest. I think Indy R/C used to sell them under the MK name. They also sold the MK kits.
That was a nice hobby shop, especially if you ever went to their Thanksgiving weekend sale.

Tim

RE: A Blast from the past
 

The finished Asano props were $30 each. A fortune compared to the $2-3 domestic props. But boy did they look good and work well!

RE: A Blast from the past
 

Those are some beautiful props. I envy you.:D

I have been gradually moving away from APC's myself. I've been slicing my fingers on them more and more lately and every time an APC tip hits the ground I worry about the integrity of the blades.

So, here's a question for those of you who ran sixties in the '70s. What was/is the pecking order for wooden props of that era? Were Rev-Up's better than Topflite Super M's? What were most pattern fliers using?

Thanks,
David

RE: A Blast from the past
 

I remember that they broke if you even looked at them wrong but were fine for flying.

RE: A Blast from the past
 

We flew the Max Dailey props made in Paris, IL. Radio South props were made by Max. The very best prop you could buy in the 70's. I believe Top Flite brought the rights to the Max Dailey props but I don't believe they ever sold any. They propably couldn't meet the quality of Max's props (they were hand crafted). In fact I believe Max called them Hand Crafted. I still have a few, but I don't plan to fly them. Broke one last summer and want to keep the rest as he was a good friend of mine.
Ralph White, Neoga, IL

RE: A Blast from the past
 

I seem to recall I bought the Asaino props from Golden Gate....
(trying to remember .... who was that?? Goldengate east.... I can picture the face....)

I still have two Asiaon 12x11 props ----- both were never capable of being balanced. WAY out. But they looked nice on the wall ;)

RE: A Blast from the past
 

Someone once posted the '72 Masters U.S. Team Selection specs. Almost all Top Flite, up and down the list.

Tom

RE: A Blast from the past
 

Thanks Tom. That was me! Doh!!!

David

Edited to add... I bought a box of six new 11x7 3/4"s.

RE: A Blast from the past
 

In the NE I think Rev-ups were the norm at least in the mid 80's. Once the noise limits came into play people started stretching the pipe length and going to higher pitched props. There were a bunch of nylon MK props some with progressive pitch with labels like 1+ and 2+. I remember a gray stiff plastic prop by Yoshioka model factory, GFA carbon props, Bolly, and as I mentioned DW which I ended up using. I think the rev-ups were the most popular during the screaming engine period as they were light, thin and I suspect under pitched. If a rev-up 11-7 spun at 15,000 and a top flite 11-7 at 14,500, most would go with the rev-up.
Stuart

RE: A Blast from the past
 

I always wanted to stain my Rev-Ups back in the day to look like Asanos. Any ideas how?

I've stockpiled a bunch more for when I get back into flying again here shortly.

RE: A Blast from the past
 

How do the Rev-Ups and Asanos compare to the current APC props? Was the biggest advantage of the APC's cost? Consistency, prop to prop? Anything else? The wood ones sure look better to my eye, even if they don't perform as well.


Mark

"Hi" to eveybody,
it's my first text on this site. Sorry for my english which is not perfect ( I'm french )
Thanks for your welcoming.
I have a question to SC204 ( and everybody else ) about the Asano wooden props:
I used it (DN 12 / 11 ) in the past with my last F3A 2 strokes engine. ( Webra 61 LS ), and I'm a bit nostalgic
Can I still find an asano prop ( even if it's not a DN 12/11 ) ?
In an other way, I would like to scan it ( 3 D ) and may be try to build new copies of it.
Thanks a lot
Phil