Whistling Death

Is it ok to just flip a puller prop over so it can be used as a pusher?

crispyspa

nope. It will push air.....but at only a fraction of the efficiency it should have. Props are designed to run in one direction only. If you turn the prop over, you are essentially running it backward.

TERBObob

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Thre only time you can use a tractor prop as a pusher prop is when your engine rotates clockwise .

Whistling Death

You guys understood that I was talking about the motor shaft being pointed to the rear and turning the prop over that way right? Not just flipping the prop over on a forward facing motor.

crispyspa

If you now have a tractor setup, and you change nothing except for turning the engine around......you'll go in reverse. If you flip the prop over, you'll still go in reverse...only slower.
If you want a pusher set up, you'll need a pusher prop. There is no way around it. Unless you can get the engine to run in the opposite direction.

b16a2sir

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ONLY IF you are electric, then you can reverse your motor!!

TERBObob

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Good point ... ( about the EP )

ernest2

some two stroke engines do run clockwise

TERBObob

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Yep ... I know .. I have one . A TANAKA 160TBS ( 16 cc with rear pullstart )

Tim Wiltse-RCU

BBOwen,

You can only run a tractor prop on an engine set up as a pusher when you either run a reverse crankshaft or you have an engine with a removeable front end and you turn it 90 degrees and reverse it's timing.

LAter,
Tim