Pawnee Prop - WTB

So help me out here Roy.

You asked for someone to sell you something and when another party responded
you open up with both barrels?

Do you expect that others would be willing to respond with something based
on this sort of action or are you only willing to purchase items from
non-commercial partys?

Either way, lighten up. The guys at mile high did a lot of working getting
that STC in place and expanding it. Overall it is good for the community.
If it doesn't work for you, that is fine, but settle down.

dave r.


"Roy Bourgeois" wrote in message
...
Well, since you decided to use the posting by our non profit club to
promote your commercial product, let me respond to you. You said
"Clearly
the OEM two-blade metal prop is not easily available used and we even hear
it is more expensive new IF it can be found." In fact a new standard prop
is available from McCauley and it is about 1/2 your total price after
adjustment for the Euro exchange rate, installation kit, shipping, customs
duties and your STC fee. Second, if the performance and sales of your 4
blade units were as successful as you claim - there should be lots of used
obsolete 2 blades around - and there aren't any.

I have a good deal of experience with the Hoffman 4 blade unit on both the
L-19 and the Pawnee and have flown behind them in multiple different
locations (including your location at Boulder). It is a valuable
product -
particularly in the 260 hp. application where noise sensitivity is
important and near range obstacle clearance is less important. It is not
however the solution to all applications and remains unproven in the 235
hp
application where near range obstacle clearance is essential. We operate
two 235 hp Pawnees out of a 3000' runway with significant obstacles at
both
ends. We experimented with a 4 blade unit on our L-19 and abandoned the
experiment when we found that ground acceleration and obstacle clearance
was unsatisfactory. That is why we are looking for a standard 2 blade
prop.



Roy A. Bourgeois, President
Greater Boston Soaring Club