[C38] 2 bladed Flexofold. Exquisite performance for 11 years
Don Strong
drstrong at ucdavis.edu
Mon May 27 20:43:45 EDT 2013
Steve: No cutlass bearing wear in 11 years that we owned Discrete Charm
with our Flex-0-fold two bladed prop.
The prop drives well in both forward and reverse.
Don
On 5/27/13 5:23 PM, S Orton wrote:
> Has anybody tried a 3 bladed folding prop? Slipstream makes a geared
> 3 bladed folding prop which should have less drag and be more
> efficient than a feathering prop. I've got to go to a three blades to
> reduce vibration and to make my cutlass bearings last longer-now a
> geared folding prop is installed. I typically replace the cutlass
> every time I haul the boat. Phil Gay tells me he hasn't replaced his
> cutlass since replacing his prop with a Max Prop and that was over ten
> years ago. What kind of life are the members experiencing? In the
> past, I removed the shaft took to a machine shop to inspect for
> trueness- the machinist did face the flange while mounted on the shaft
> less than .002", which didn't help. I have also replaced engine
> mounts. All alignment procedures were done on the hard. The only
> thing left is to do is an alignment check in the water. Or again
> maybe its the 2 bladed prop!
> Comments please, Steve O (Santa Susanna,304)
>
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