Challenger Approach

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Morph
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Re: Challenger Approach

Postby Morph » Mon Jan 18, 2010 10:59 am

De Necker props are lekker, beautiful and work well, They are two blade props and as such are a little rougher than 3 blade props

Warp drives are well tested, strong durable props with the advantage of being able to set the pitching exact, as opposed to a fixed pitch prop.

I had a Challenger II with a 3 blade prop, that I replaced for the factory supplied Tennessee 2 blade wood. Fantastic prop, specifically designed for the Challenger. It performed better than my 3-blade because it was the correct 60" length, where the previous owner had shortened the 3 blade for some reason. But being two blade it vibrated a lot more, and took a little getting used to.

Correctly tweaked the Warp is a brilliant prop
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Re: Challenger Approach

Postby cross_wind » Tue Jan 19, 2010 8:17 am

Thanks Morph,

I plan to set the static rpm this weekend and will report back the results.. vhpy
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Re: Challenger Approach

Postby Vaughn » Fri May 18, 2018 9:26 am

BOC was the plane my old man built after retiring as an engineer & which we flew together after owning WVV. There's a very active Challenger group on WhatsApp ( Speak to Rhen van Niekerk @ (079) 779-3047.
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Re: Challenger Approach

Postby Dish » Fri May 18, 2018 9:33 am

That's awesome. I owned AFF back in 2006 so have been keeping close to the developments lately. Congrats and happy flying !
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Re: Challenger Approach

Postby Pottie » Thu Oct 04, 2018 5:14 am

FCP is my bird now and has been for the last 3.5-4 years.

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