Has anyone heard anything about the performance of the Prince P-Tip props? I know they are beautiful props but are they worth the $$....Thanks.

I have a 27x10 cf one on my hangar9 cap 232,3w 100. It is an awesome performing prop. Quiet, yet pulls very hard. take off roll was shortened by about 10 yards. I'm still reeling from the $200 price tag but why put wal-mart p195/75r14 whitewall tires on your corvette? I watch guys spend 4000 on a plane and get cheep on the prop when in effect it has one of the highest contributions to the overall performance of the plane. just my stupid opinion!!!!!

I don't think I can handle that price tag.
I will wait until they go on sale!

I'm with Geist, for that kind of money they should be good in bed.

I hear good and bad about them. The good part is that they pull hard, but the bad part is that they are loud props. I'm sure that some are going to disagree, but that is ok. I don't run the bendy-tip prop, as Bob Sadler calls it. I like my wood. My 3W 28x10 pulls REALLY hard on my new 3W 100 Cactus SS. I'm only turning 6k. I don't need my engine to rip that prop at HALF throttle, like it would if I was running a 26x10, anything else, except for maybe a Carbon Fibre. Even the MenzS 27x10 howls at 3/4 throttle. A local in the club has the OLD 100 in a AW Edge 540, and it howls and it has VERY loud exhaust.

Frank Noll's DA 100 pulls REALLY hard with a 26x10 bendy-tip, but you suffer the consequence of it being annoyingly loud at full throttle. Sure, the DA has top end, but top end does nothing for you in a hover at 1/2 throttle or less. To where the 3W has more lower end grunt and less top end. BIG DEAL!!! If I wanted a speedster, I'd go back to racing. I'm out of racing now, and on to better things, like IMAC and IMAA flying events.

I feel a props performance is dependant upon an engines performance. So, the better the prop, the better the engine will perform. Or vise versa. Either way is a win win.

Good Luck. Bendy-tip props are hard to repair if you damage one, wood is easy. You get a little split, nick, ding, get the thin CyA out, hold it together, and wick it. Then rebalance it. Done!!

Just my opinion, and thats all.

Good Lcuk!!

Chris~

[QUOTE]Originally posted by IFLY3W
[ Sure, the DA has top end, but top end does nothing for you in a hover at 1/2 throttle or less. To where the 3W has more lower end grunt and less top end. BIG DEAL!!!


What a load of BS. This is 3W mumbo jumbo for the DA is a stronger engine, so i've got to make up something.

Tracy Hill

Oh-oh, Quick get the fire extinguisher.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by shill

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Originally posted by IFLY3W
What a load of BS.

I can see this thread going nowhere positive

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I saw Frank Noll and Matt Steck fly last week-end, and both were using the Prince Props. Loud; extremely!! Fun to watch though. Who knows whether it was the props, the engines, the Cardens, or pure talent by both fliers that made the performance so great. I know that at $150.00 +, I'm not using those props. They probably wouldn't either, except to them, they're free.....