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Old 28th Aug 2006, 12:32
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Cusco
 
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We replaced the 2 blade c/s prop on our Arrow 2 with a 3 blade c/s prop several years ago:
The main reason was that FOD from landing at another airfield had written off our prop and surprisingly we got a far better deal on the 3 blade than a 2 blade.
The change of prop has made absolutely no difference to the performance: the only difference discernible is an increase in vibration which persists despite dynamic prop balancing.

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