Got to fly Gene Breiner's J-2 Cub with Everal one bladed prop on Saturday
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqiBb...ature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqiBb98o1D8
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Got to fly Gene Breiner's J-2 Cub with Everal one bladed prop on Saturday
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqiBb...ature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqiBb98o1D8
Very cool! Made me a bit nervous watching the start tho...:eek:
Is there a point to a one-bladed prop? Any advantage?
Genes been around a long time. I too think he was being a little careless. I think it surprised him. Flown in and out of there a good bit. Nice little 2200 foot grass strip. The people are friendly. If every airport could be like it we wouldn't be having the declining pilot population we have now.
I think Gene was just hamming it up a bit when it started, feigning surprise, that was all-
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There are also some single-bladed props that use a teetering hinge at the hub and and a counterweight to create some constant-speed effect without the complication of a true constant-speed prop. In other words, the prop will automatically seek a coarser pitch in climb and a finer pitch in cruise.
Here's a link to a 1937 article on the Everel prop: http://www.ultraligero.net/Cursos/va...e_una_pala.pdf
He seemed to be pretty surprised it actually started.
Sennsenich had one of these one bladed props hanging on the wall in their Lancaster shop with a story next to it.