Pacillus
Cadet
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- May 18, 2006
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Since there's been some questions about composite propellers here on the forum, thought I'd share this. I did some testing with the Swedish adjustable 4-blade composite propeller, ProPulse. No new revelations here I guess, the results are pretty obvious (?)
Firstly, the best picture I've got to give you an idea of the hull type of my boat:
Testing with the different pitches were performed during consistent weather conditions. Speed (knots!) was measured with GPS, averaged from two opposite directions. The rpm figures taken from the factory-installed tach. Rest of the information included in the chart:
Since there's been some questions about composite propellers here on the forum, thought I'd share this. I did some testing with the Swedish adjustable 4-blade composite propeller, ProPulse. No new revelations here I guess, the results are pretty obvious (?)
Firstly, the best picture I've got to give you an idea of the hull type of my boat:
Testing with the different pitches were performed during consistent weather conditions. Speed (knots!) was measured with GPS, averaged from two opposite directions. The rpm figures taken from the factory-installed tach. Rest of the information included in the chart: