Originally Posted by
wrench1
What is your potential timeline to establish your market in the US? For example, the EASA LSAs you mention above still have restrictions on their importation into the US and it won't be until July 2026 the new Part 22 LSA certification rules are released. If your timeline is shorter than a couple of years, you may want to contact current US based LSA manufacturers so that your props can be considered before the new rules go live.
As to the amateur-built market, any new prop usually requires a return to the Phase 1 flight testing requirement. Have you started any testing with Lycoming or Continental engines which are the predominant engine in that market? If not, you may want to start that sooner than later if that is also a target market. Good luck.
We haven't done any significant testing with lycoming / conti.. we've been focused on a rotax for a long time (German UL market, for example), but lycoming at least is on the horizon for us, and we have a couple propellers that would be well suited to larger direct drive engines (including a brand new monster prop that-
on paper- can handle up to 1000hp.. we'll be officially unveiling it at the AERO Friedrichshafen end of April)..
I will have to ask our engineers and the sales team about specific details, but the plan as far as I can tell is to reach individual owners first and use that as proof of concept for the manufacturers.. If we were just selling another propeller- timing might be more of an issue.. but we have seen over and over how our ARC's perform compared to competing setups, and how people react to flying with them and I am confident that they will be widely adopted- even if not immediately..