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I bought a Jodel an old F11 built in 65 with 1200 hrs on it, from
what I have seen so far it looks good, rugged built. Needs lots of tinkering, has bolts and screws sticking out everywhere but we'll fix that, O290 lycoming really wants a variable pitch prop, allready has a Manifold presure guage. Ron at IVO tells me they are no longer selling to Lycomings, pity because on a Kitfox an IVO worked really well, but I quess they can't stand the banging of a four banger soooo what to do? Hoffman sells a very nice prop but over $7k cdn probably closer to 8 or 9 by the time it is ready to turn, a bit steep for a $20k airplane. Airmaster don't make one big enough,,, yet. Anything else out there I might consider and am overlooking, maybe somebody has a used one they don't need? It has a Sensenich that needs to be twisted and am considering a wooden one but would it be enough of an improvement to justify close to $3k for a wooden prop. A friend taxied thru about ten feet of standing Canola and trashed a Culver WITHOUT reinforced tips, kind of surprised me I knew they were fragile but,,, man. I am feeling a lot better now that I have an airplane again! A mans gotta fly. Ray Toews |
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