Props - Wood vs. Metal

[Bill Greenwood]

Retro, I don't want you to give me your wood prop , I was offering to buy it if, as you said, you were going to "upgrade" to a metal prop. That is if your's is the size and pitch I need for my J3 to replace one that is cracked.
I have no doubt that you'll like the new metal prop, that is pretty much human nature.

The climb and top speed figures that I gave for Spit and Spiteful are a little more than anecdotal, not like some guys sitting around the bar saying "what'll she do". They are official flight test figures from Boscome Down, the British flight test facility equivalent to Wright-Patterson. They are not just possibly pumped up figures from a manufacturer, Boscome Down was not in the business of trying to sell any brand or type of airplanes or parts. But, of course, anyone may put more credence in the figures given by Pitts or other acro owners.