I live near where that NR prop accident happened. The word is that he had a 160 HP engine running a prop that was rated at 150 HP. I don't know much more than that, but when a single blade comes off just after takeoff, things get ugly real quickly.
I'm probably behind your times.... Happy to see ya in the air. I'm not a pilot, but I am retired USAF and spent a career around and in support of flight. Every time I see or even hear a plane, my wee little brain goes 'twerp' and buzzes my heart, and I'm back on the flight line and a wide and wild eyed kid again. Thanks.
I have one piece of advice to you - it has never been easier, cheaper, or more opportune to get into radio-control than right now. You should do it. If you respond to this comment, I would be happy to direct you in any way you would need to make your hobby an enjoyable experience.
It was originally developed and tested on the Lynx and allowed the Westland company demonstrator, G-LYNX, with Gem 60 turboshafts to set the world absolute speed record for conventional helicopters for level flight over 15 and 25km courses at 400.87 kph in 1986. Records which still stand to this day. The recorded blade tip speed was Mach 0.97. BERP tips were applied to both the british and french Lynx's. And the technology has evolved into BERP III and BERP IV. Blue Edge is a different rotor tip profile developed about 15-20 years ago by Airbus in France.
10:00 The inconsistency can be frustrating.. I had an experimental that had a metal, two blade fixed pitch, and went to a wooded two blade fixed pitch. I was sure I needed to go back to phase one, but the Indianapolis FSDO guy assured me it didn’t need to.. I asked about the change in material, the rearward shift in CG, he almost got stern with me and said “fixed pitch to fixed pitch? You’re good to go!”
@@jamesordwayultralightpilot I don’t disagree.. I WANTED to cover my a.. but I contacted the FSDO in my area.. twice. I wasn’t going to go over his head.. I saved the emails just in case.
That certainly is a great looking tail wheel. Hope it will serve you well. The flight over the mountains - what we saw of it - was spectacular. Thanks.
Brother your videos are so entertaining and well put together. I am not a pilot but enjoy your content immensely!! Thanks for sharing your talents and adventures !!
I love your landings, nice smooth elevator input all the way to touchdown. When I was an active CFI, I dealt with what I call the Cessna pump: massive evelator inputs all the way to touchdown.
Is that because of the float? I haven't flown anything other than my Ultralight but on a sim I realize getting slow enough to actually settle down to the runway is a challenge as some planes just float. So you almost have to tease a stall just to get it down.
@@jamesordwayultralightpilot Airspeed control is very important when landing a GA airplane. Too fast, you float, too slow and you develop a high sink rate. I've only flown a couple of Ultralights but from my recollection, you have to carry power almost all the way to touchdown because of their inherent high drag profile.
@@jamesordwayultralightpilotAs a fellow ultralight pilot, you shouldn't almost stall ultralights down to the deck, you fly them down, power down, and settle the wheels at around 2'. Smoothest ever butter landings in a Quicksilver that way.
Another commenter shared his story of the local FSDO repedetively refusing to put his plane back into phase 1 for a prop change saying that it is a logbook entry only. So my takeaway is that the FAA law in the USA is whatever the person your dealing with wants it to be (it seems that way with other parts of the FARs as well).
In Canada you are more likely to be suicided by your own doctor than by gun violence in America, so stfu with that iN Canada We DoNT haVe To RegIsTer cHaNgeS tO oUr pLAneS
I like the look of the new prop, vaguely reminds me of a prop my uncle had on his Piper Arrow called a Q-Tip. The ends of the prop were 'bent' backwards to reduce drag and make less noise. All I can say was that the prop seemed quieter. Then what do I know, I was just a kid flying from the right hand seat while my uncle read the newspaper. Then we changed back to the old prop because a CAA inspector grounded the plane because, Quote. 'You crashed your plane and bent the prop'. Thank You Trent, Happy Landings.
I started watching your videos as a zero time dreamer, now I fly out of Kmyv working my way to the airlines. One of these days I’ll get lucky enough to share the airspace with Freedomfox. Keep up the awesome vids!
Dude! AMAZING shots of Donner Lake and the Pass with the backside of Northstar @ Tahoe in the background - TWICE!! AND I can just see what looks like Emigrant Peak at Palisades Tahoe (Squaw Valley) sticking up ahead of your wing way in the distance. My old stomping ground for a year after high school. Thanks for taking us with you! Can't wait to see/hear how the new prop looks/sounds!!
Not a lot of successful youtbers come to Lincoln CA. I'm in a neighboring city but get to watch a lot of the small personal craft flying around the foothills. Was fun when Mather and McClellan afb were open along time ago.
So large aircraft, go through a depot maintenance and get completely unskined to check ribs spars, everything, etc... At what point do you think you should do the same? Welds break eventually., even if it is chromeolly.
Not sure how the kitfox's rudder/brake pedals are meched, however it looks like you are hitting some right brake on takeoff (4:30 - takeoff the wheel stops instantly on takeoff). Is this on purpose to counter insufficient rudder authority? Not nitpicking, just curious since I don't fly tailwheels.
Propeller design is fascinating. Seems to never stop evolving. Which is a good thing. Oh, and never forget what Charleston Heston discoered: Soylent Green is people!
some mighty beautiful country you flying over. WOW !! Just a safety thought.....do you carry freezing weather clothing with you just in case you have to put it down in an emergency and end up overnight?
I too, suffered a single blade departure during flight just over a week ago. Even though the engine was shut down within just a few seconds, the resultant imbalance to the engine sheared six of the eight engine truss arms, leaving my 912iS dangling from the firewall by only the fuel lines and wiring harness. The nose of the engine dropped nearly 2-feet and as one can imagine, aerodynamics was severely affected, resulting in a stall buffet well above best glide speed. Obviously, I able to make a safe landing and live to talk about it but as one can imagine, I’ve not slept much since. My brain has been continuously analyzing where my somewhat anal-retentive, three-legged stool approach to flying failed me: Inspect, Maintain, and Train - all as though my life depends on it every single flight! And then of course there are the haunting thoughts of “what-if?” and how much pain I would have brought to my family. I am not yet able to go into details of our early investigation, other than to say that early signs point to a single component failure. Also, even though multiple A&P’s have assured me routine inspections and maintenance would never have identified early warning signs, I remain vigilant in my philosophical belief to life that we can do better. As a fellow pilot said to me after learning of the incident, “It just wasn’t your time!” After a short pause, he continued with, “But that doesn’t mean you still don’t need to look both ways before crossing the street!” The message here is, be diligent fellow pilots! Be diligent in your inspections, maintenance and training because any one of these may one day save your life and the lives of your passengers. I feel confident that all three played a role in getting me down safely and in a manner that in retrospect, felt like a complete non-event. The feelings afterward have been anything but...
This is exactly what nightmares are made of. I’m impressed you were able to get the engine shut off so quickly. I know on the carbureted Rotax engines the carbs will shake off immediately and shut the engine down, not the case with the injected engines. I too would be interested in what brand prop you had that failed?
Yes. However, and not that you would do this, but I want to caution anyone reading this to understand that a root cause has not been definitively determined, nor should anyone conclude from my comment that a specifically defined component, manufacturer, brand or whatever was the singular root cause. As I have already shared with the FAA, NTSB, and various manufactures, my greatest hope is that we as a pilot community gain knowledge from my experience and hopefully help prevent incidents like this in the future. When the dust settles on this over the next few weeks, I will share all that we have learned and would happily answer any and all questions related to the same.@@TheAlphamale13
@@TrentonPalmer The intensity of the vibration I was experiencing prior to the event was quickly escalating and my hand was already on the throttle with power pulled way back. The master is right next to the throttle and when the explosion happened, it was an automatic reaction to hit the switch. Same goes for closing the main and cross-flow valves, although those took a bit longer. We think the explosion was the coolant lines rupturing after the engine separated from the truss arms. There was a few things I had to adapt to rather quickly but after establishing the best glide I could, and sticking my head out a now blown out door so I could see where I was going and setup for final, everything else was pretty non-eventful -thankfully!
Damn it would be a stiff decision to make - a crispy Bacon Roll or a liquid drink for Breakfast, it would be a real struggle, however I will take the Bacon Roll 🙂
My sister-in-law’s family used to live right by the Lincoln airport! I always thought it’d be the perfect place to live if their son ever wanted to learn how to fly, but then their 2nd son came along and they had to get a bigger place.
I prefer the look of the three blade setup. As the Spitfire increased to different marks and the number of blades increased, in my opinion it got to look even sexier...culminating in the five bladed prop.
Three blades are more efficient and are typically a smaller diameter than an equivalent 2 blade prop, this makes them less noisy than than the 2 blade for the same rpm because the prop tips aren't turning as fast. Plus you typically get more ground clearance which is very desired for off field operations.
There must be a way to install an electrical adjustable pitch prop to the airplane even if you can't install a traditional constant speed one? I would have thought that would net a bigger performance change across the flight envelope than from a slightly more efficient fixed pitch prop.
Those tips look wild. Would be interesting to see some performance comaprison between this and some of the props from other brands. You should do a video on different propellers! :)
Great as always but did they actually explain the benefit of the new tip design? Went back a few times and couldn't find it ... maybe I just missed it?
Look up Prince Aircraft “P-Tip” curved tip anti-vortex propellers. I believe there’s a description of how these props work there. I’ve flown fixed pitched non ground adjust P-tip props 1500hrs so far with excellent results. I believe Trent may have used a P-tip at some point with his old Rotax 912 engine.
I live in Roseville (next door to Lincoln). I would love to buy you a water and get a picture in front of the Freedom Fox!! Keep up the solid content, Trent!!
Three blade to two blade seems like a larger diameter, maybe not with increased chord. Seems like it is louder. Anxious to hear your report on the upgrades. What's happening with Cory?
Interesting that prop change isn’t allowed without testing but you can install a heavier or lighter tail wheel which can change the CG and that’s no problem? You mentioned that you have flown several other props before. Was each one of them considered a major modification?
Those might have all been during stage one so it was all at the same time. Now that he's had this prop for a while he has to go back to stage one testing and go through the required testing phase times. Making this change less than convenient since he knows the plane flies and can perform the testing himself, but is still required to put the training wheels back on. LoL
Those props really do sound nice, even on video. Strong and a wee bit 'farty' if you know what I mean. Less slick. I can feel what you mean with it being nice to get back to two blades. It somehow fits the airplane better, which makes me wonder how different it feels vibrationwise. You don't get a second chance for a first impression, and people hear you before they see you, so,... it's nice. And you will get them, that's for sure. But to be honest, those Ukrainian blades aren't bad blades and they served you well for quite a while.
Yeah he's more just worried he could lose a blade like the other pilot RIP. You start to wonder about regulations in other countries when something like that happens. Hoping American made still holds some weight. But knowing the guy who builds them must be a ton of peace of mind.
I just don’t understand why you wouldn’t go with an airmaster electric constant speed. It’s absolutely the best of both worlds and super light for a CS. I have such a wide range of climb and cruise speed with my 915 and airmaster CS prop.
Trent can a KitFox be certified as a Light Sport or does it have to remain as Experimental? I am getting to the age I may need to switch to LSA. The KitFox looks like a really fun flying machine. Thanks. Larry (ASMEL and Helicopter)
I have 4 blade q-tips on my baron and my buddy has standard 3 blades on his. They claim it is quieter. I can't tell it is quieter with my ear, but it is definitely a different sound.
Hi Trent, For my understanding, why would you want a fixed pitch prop when you can have constant speed prop, especially when needing to get out of tight spots but also doing longer cruising distances?!?
The opening scene made me realize exactly what hard work, over time, looks like. Your audience has watched you find land, built a home, build a hanger, install sick lights, etc etc. Patey, in a recent talk, pointed out how many pilots die because of fuel mixture issues which become non-issues in an EFI / modern engine. One less thing to checklist in your safe flight operations leading to less decision fatigue. ❤ Safe travels Trent.
I don’t think it is dust - it is an alcantara type material that reflects light differently depending on how it was last touched/brushed, leaving its fibers at different angles. This reflects the light at odd angles, which in turn gets your dust OCD radar tingling.. 😂
I think that may be an illusion caused by the shadow from the prop but hard to tell. Also, on takeoff you generally apply right rudder to counter the left turning tendencies of single engine prop planes. When applying this rudder he may well have pushed on the brake. On the other hand he may be in the habit of stopping wheel rotation with the brakes at takeoff. I was taught to do this as well. The theory was that wheels are rarely perfectly balanced which is not so much of an issue when they are under load but once they are freely spinning, lack of balance can be hard on the bearings. Not sure how true this is.
I live near where that NR prop accident happened. The word is that he had a 160 HP engine running a prop that was rated at 150 HP. I don't know much more than that, but when a single blade comes off just after takeoff, things get ugly real quickly.
I'm probably behind your times.... Happy to see ya in the air. I'm not a pilot, but I am retired USAF and spent a career around and in support of flight. Every time I see or even hear a plane, my wee little brain goes 'twerp' and buzzes my heart, and I'm back on the flight line and a wide and wild eyed kid again. Thanks.
So fly some models like I do. USAF vet.
I have one piece of advice to you - it has never been easier, cheaper, or more opportune to get into radio-control than right now. You should do it. If you respond to this comment, I would be happy to direct you in any way you would need to make your hobby an enjoyable experience.
FYI berp isn't French as he says, it stands for British Experimental Rotor Programme. A seen on the AW101 and AW159.
It was originally developed and tested on the Lynx and allowed the Westland company demonstrator, G-LYNX, with Gem 60 turboshafts to set the world absolute speed record for conventional helicopters for level flight over 15 and 25km courses at 400.87 kph in 1986. Records which still stand to this day. The recorded blade tip speed was Mach 0.97. BERP tips were applied to both the british and french Lynx's. And the technology has evolved into BERP III and BERP IV. Blue Edge is a different rotor tip profile developed about 15-20 years ago by Airbus in France.
Soylent Green is people
🤔 I think I’ll have some Chinese tonight . LoL 😂
@@mhughes1160 Just in science fiction.
So much for years and years of research
@@illama5330exactly my thought
10:00 The inconsistency can be frustrating.. I had an experimental that had a metal, two blade fixed pitch, and went to a wooded two blade fixed pitch. I was sure I needed to go back to phase one, but the Indianapolis FSDO guy assured me it didn’t need to.. I asked about the change in material, the rearward shift in CG, he almost got stern with me and said “fixed pitch to fixed pitch? You’re good to go!”
Then you try and translate that logic to your next prop and get in trouble. Seems like asking a couple different ways is good to CYA
@@jamesordwayultralightpilot I don’t disagree.. I WANTED to cover my a.. but I contacted the FSDO in my area.. twice. I wasn’t going to go over his head.. I saved the emails just in case.
That certainly is a great looking tail wheel. Hope it will serve you well. The flight over the mountains - what we saw of it - was spectacular. Thanks.
Brother your videos are so entertaining and well put together. I am not a pilot but enjoy your content immensely!!
Thanks for sharing your talents and adventures !!
I love your landings, nice smooth elevator input all the way to touchdown. When I was an active CFI, I dealt with what I call the Cessna pump: massive evelator inputs all the way to touchdown.
Is that because of the float? I haven't flown anything other than my Ultralight but on a sim I realize getting slow enough to actually settle down to the runway is a challenge as some planes just float. So you almost have to tease a stall just to get it down.
@@jamesordwayultralightpilot Airspeed control is very important when landing a GA airplane. Too fast, you float, too slow and you develop a high sink rate. I've only flown a couple of Ultralights but from my recollection, you have to carry power almost all the way to touchdown because of their inherent high drag profile.
@@jamesordwayultralightpilotAs a fellow ultralight pilot, you shouldn't almost stall ultralights down to the deck, you fly them down, power down, and settle the wheels at around 2'. Smoothest ever butter landings in a Quicksilver that way.
Thanks for sharing! Always enjoy some backcountry exposure. Not much of that here in the Northeast 😢.
Yeah it's depressing, i can't wait to move south, seems like more fun down there at least.
In Canada we csn put whatever propeller on an amateur built airplane. Just enter the change in the logbook.
Another commenter shared his story of the local FSDO repedetively refusing to put his plane back into phase 1 for a prop change saying that it is a logbook entry only. So my takeaway is that the FAA law in the USA is whatever the person your dealing with wants it to be (it seems that way with other parts of the FARs as well).
Came here for this comment. What happened to the freedom in Freedom Fox?
In Canada you are more likely to be suicided by your own doctor than by gun violence in America, so stfu with that iN Canada We DoNT haVe To RegIsTer cHaNgeS tO oUr pLAneS
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Is the Catto 79"? That shim system is really cool. Our two blade makes the 915 sound almost "un-Rotax" like when you hear it overhead.
My 2blade 78" Prince p-tip prop makes the 912 sound radial engine like, FWIW!
I like the look of the new prop, vaguely reminds me of a prop my uncle had on his Piper Arrow called a Q-Tip. The ends of the prop were 'bent' backwards to reduce drag and make less noise. All I can say was that the prop seemed quieter. Then what do I know, I was just a kid flying from the right hand seat while my uncle read the newspaper. Then we changed back to the old prop because a CAA inspector grounded the plane because, Quote. 'You crashed your plane and bent the prop'. Thank You Trent, Happy Landings.
I started watching your videos as a zero time dreamer, now I fly out of Kmyv working my way to the airlines. One of these days I’ll get lucky enough to share the airspace with Freedomfox. Keep up the awesome vids!
Dude! AMAZING shots of Donner Lake and the Pass with the backside of Northstar @ Tahoe in the background - TWICE!! AND I can just see what looks like Emigrant Peak at Palisades Tahoe (Squaw Valley) sticking up ahead of your wing way in the distance. My old stomping ground for a year after high school. Thanks for taking us with you! Can't wait to see/hear how the new prop looks/sounds!!
That prop is sick, Sounds amazing too. Cant wait to see you fly it. Thanks for the vid
Not a lot of successful youtbers come to Lincoln CA. I'm in a neighboring city but get to watch a lot of the small personal craft flying around the foothills. Was fun when Mather and McClellan afb were open along time ago.
I love these videos! Thanks Trent for making these!
Acceleration on takeoff was impressive! You have a beautiful, performing aircraft.
I met Tony a few years ago at a school event. He seems like an outstanding individual.
So large aircraft, go through a depot maintenance and get completely unskined to check ribs spars, everything, etc... At what point do you think you should do the same? Welds break eventually., even if it is chromeolly.
The two blade propeller looked great on your plane Trent! :)
Nice flight and seeing Tony's operation...class act.
Like the tunes. Thx Trent
I live 2.3 miles from KLHM. Good to see our little strip on the "Tube"! !! !!!
Trent,
Would be great to see some Sierra blizzard coverage from ya 😎
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I would but I’m too busy snowmobiling! 🤪
Years ago i changed mine for a higher angle and i was amazed how much difference it made.👍👍
That prop is similar to a ground adjustable Sensenich I had. Just swap out keys in the center re tighten and done
Cool Prop!! Looking forward to the trial and install videos. Thank you for the video.
Little more gritty epi…love it. And I need one of those tailwheels…and maybe that prop. Can’t wait for the season…
It's always good to see you brother. Enjoy your videos
Not sure how the kitfox's rudder/brake pedals are meched, however it looks like you are hitting some right brake on takeoff (4:30 - takeoff the wheel stops instantly on takeoff). Is this on purpose to counter insufficient rudder authority? Not nitpicking, just curious since I don't fly tailwheels.
Trent - this is the best time of year to get some grass going on that strip.
Great video Trent. Thank you!
Funny, I was thinking of Wall-E with their cup food when you started mentioning a movie reference during that ad segment
Propeller design is fascinating. Seems to never stop evolving. Which is a good thing. Oh, and never forget what Charleston Heston discoered: Soylent Green is people!
What ever happened to the hydraulic constant speed prop? Why the switch to ground adjustable?
much lighter, less complex.
Man, I came here to learn how to build a website! What a let down. 😂
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Loving this stuff, different kind of "off-road" then I'm used to haha
Don’t try woodcomp. I had one on my brand new pipistrel 912is and it threw a blade at 220hrs. Luckily had a chute as was over a large city. Nice vid
15:10 I thought for sure that we were building up to a square space ad
some mighty beautiful country you flying over. WOW !! Just a safety thought.....do you carry freezing weather clothing with you just in case you have to put it down in an emergency and end up overnight?
did you tap the breakes a split-second after liftoff, or does your right wheel stop spinning on its own so quickly?
Get that new Catto prop! I fly a Catto 2 blade on my Zenith and love it.
I too, suffered a single blade departure during flight just over a week ago. Even though the engine was shut down within just a few seconds, the resultant imbalance to the engine sheared six of the eight engine truss arms, leaving my 912iS dangling from the firewall by only the fuel lines and wiring harness. The nose of the engine dropped nearly 2-feet and as one can imagine, aerodynamics was severely affected, resulting in a stall buffet well above best glide speed. Obviously, I able to make a safe landing and live to talk about it but as one can imagine, I’ve not slept much since. My brain has been continuously analyzing where my somewhat anal-retentive, three-legged stool approach to flying failed me: Inspect, Maintain, and Train - all as though my life depends on it every single flight! And then of course there are the haunting thoughts of “what-if?” and how much pain I would have brought to my family.
I am not yet able to go into details of our early investigation, other than to say that early signs point to a single component failure. Also, even though multiple A&P’s have assured me routine inspections and maintenance would never have identified early warning signs, I remain vigilant in my philosophical belief to life that we can do better.
As a fellow pilot said to me after learning of the incident, “It just wasn’t your time!” After a short pause, he continued with, “But that doesn’t mean you still don’t need to look both ways before crossing the street!” The message here is, be diligent fellow pilots! Be diligent in your inspections, maintenance and training because any one of these may one day save your life and the lives of your passengers. I feel confident that all three played a role in getting me down safely and in a manner that in retrospect, felt like a complete non-event. The feelings afterward have been anything but...
What is your prop? Looks like a warp?
This is exactly what nightmares are made of. I’m impressed you were able to get the engine shut off so quickly. I know on the carbureted Rotax engines the carbs will shake off immediately and shut the engine down, not the case with the injected engines. I too would be interested in what brand prop you had that failed?
Yes. However, and not that you would do this, but I want to caution anyone reading this to understand that a root cause has not been definitively determined, nor should anyone conclude from my comment that a specifically defined component, manufacturer, brand or whatever was the singular root cause. As I have already shared with the FAA, NTSB, and various manufactures, my greatest hope is that we as a pilot community gain knowledge from my experience and hopefully help prevent incidents like this in the future. When the dust settles on this over the next few weeks, I will share all that we have learned and would happily answer any and all questions related to the same.@@TheAlphamale13
@@TrentonPalmer The intensity of the vibration I was experiencing prior to the event was quickly escalating and my hand was already on the throttle with power pulled way back. The master is right next to the throttle and when the explosion happened, it was an automatic reaction to hit the switch. Same goes for closing the main and cross-flow valves, although those took a bit longer. We think the explosion was the coolant lines rupturing after the engine separated from the truss arms. There was a few things I had to adapt to rather quickly but after establishing the best glide I could, and sticking my head out a now blown out door so I could see where I was going and setup for final, everything else was pretty non-eventful -thankfully!
What happened to the MT?
Another great video!
Damn i wanna FLY!!!
Be well brother! ONE day!
Get started!
Don’t wait…
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Thank you 🙏🏻
Damn it would be a stiff decision to make - a crispy Bacon Roll or a liquid drink for Breakfast, it would be a real struggle, however I will take the Bacon Roll 🙂
Has Trent gone vegan on us now????
I'll stick w bacon & eggs for my am protein and save the plant "proteins" for the chickens....
Create a fly-thru Fly-King restaurant.
When I broke my jaw, I ate everything I normally do, just put it though the liquidiser. Bacon and eggs was interesting... 😂
Coffee is breakfast.
My sister-in-law’s family used to live right by the Lincoln airport! I always thought it’d be the perfect place to live if their son ever wanted to learn how to fly, but then their 2nd son came along and they had to get a bigger place.
I was just in KTRK. It was a fun approach.
Another enjoyable video, what can I say. Safe travels.
Aesthetically I prefer the three bladed set-up, but if there is a potential safety issue, two will due in a pinch.
Two will "do" in a pinch.
@@silasmarner7586 Yes proofreading is good. I should do it more often.
I prefer the look of the three blade setup. As the Spitfire increased to different marks and the number of blades increased, in my opinion it got to look even sexier...culminating in the five bladed prop.
Three blades are more efficient and are typically a smaller diameter than an equivalent 2 blade prop, this makes them less noisy than than the 2 blade for the same rpm because the prop tips aren't turning as fast. Plus you typically get more ground clearance which is very desired for off field operations.
@@srodigital YES! The Griffon Spitfires were the absolute apogee of piston engined WWII period fighters.
There must be a way to install an electrical adjustable pitch prop to the airplane even if you can't install a traditional constant speed one?
I would have thought that would net a bigger performance change across the flight envelope than from a slightly more efficient fixed pitch prop.
Excellent as usual!!!
Those tips look wild. Would be interesting to see some performance comaprison between this and some of the props from other brands. You should do a video on different propellers! :)
Great as always but did they actually explain the benefit of the new tip design? Went back a few times and couldn't find it ... maybe I just missed it?
Have you tested any toroidal props yet? I'd love 1 on my paramotor just for the noise
Hey Trent, what size tire did you go with for that TK1 tailwheel?
MUST HAVE one of his Shock Monster hoodies 👌🏻
That tailwheel looked similar to what Ryan ( PNG) made on his cad.
Where is the Good Gimble? Almost remind me of a Newbe filming? all over the place?
Hey Trent, I’m pretty new to your channel, did you buy the Kitfox with the avionics you have now or did you upgrade it ? Thanks!
Nothing like when the boys come clutch when you need them and you go out for dinner and drinks after.
I’m not well informed on experimental but I thought you didn’t have to notify the FAA when changing stuff
Finally, I have something in common with Trent Palmer, I, too, am getting a new prop. It’s just money.
All the toys, man. All of them. 😮
You need an air master constant speed to match your propeller
Hey what type of portable fuel bladders do you carry with you? Where can I get them?
Y didn't tell us about the new Fangled prop ends, bent ends , what they for, performance?? Great Vid!!
Look up Prince Aircraft “P-Tip” curved tip anti-vortex propellers. I believe there’s a description of how these props work there. I’ve flown fixed pitched non ground adjust P-tip props 1500hrs so far with excellent results. I believe Trent may have used a P-tip at some point with his old Rotax 912 engine.
Why did you change out of the MT CS setup?
So good to see Talon at the end of one of your videos.
I live in Roseville (next door to Lincoln). I would love to buy you a water and get a picture in front of the Freedom Fox!! Keep up the solid content, Trent!!
Three blade to two blade seems like a larger diameter, maybe not with increased chord. Seems like it is louder. Anxious to hear your report on the upgrades. What's happening with Cory?
Interesting that prop change isn’t allowed without testing but you can install a heavier or lighter tail wheel which can change the CG and that’s no problem? You mentioned that you have flown several other props before. Was each one of them considered a major modification?
Those might have all been during stage one so it was all at the same time. Now that he's had this prop for a while he has to go back to stage one testing and go through the required testing phase times. Making this change less than convenient since he knows the plane flies and can perform the testing himself, but is still required to put the training wheels back on. LoL
Better get skis and snowshoes Trent. You’re getting feet of snow.
Those props really do sound nice, even on video. Strong and a wee bit 'farty' if you know what I mean. Less slick. I can feel what you mean with it being nice to get back to two blades. It somehow fits the airplane better, which makes me wonder how different it feels vibrationwise. You don't get a second chance for a first impression, and people hear you before they see you, so,... it's nice. And you will get them, that's for sure. But to be honest, those Ukrainian blades aren't bad blades and they served you well for quite a while.
Yeah he's more just worried he could lose a blade like the other pilot RIP. You start to wonder about regulations in other countries when something like that happens. Hoping American made still holds some weight. But knowing the guy who builds them must be a ton of peace of mind.
Confirmed: Trent is a hugger!
Wait, haven't you ever had a constant speed prop? Isn't it a nice thing to have, or are those too heavy/expensive to maintain?
“Like this video if you do, subscribe if you haven’t, come elbe my wing man, see you on the next one, peace”
Fantastic autro Trent
I just don’t understand why you wouldn’t go with an airmaster electric constant speed. It’s absolutely the best of both worlds and super light for a CS. I have such a wide range of climb and cruise speed with my 915 and airmaster CS prop.
What he referred to as "heavier " you know as "beefier"! Thanks for sharing!
Trent can a KitFox be certified as a Light Sport or does it have to remain as Experimental? I am getting to the age I may need to switch to LSA. The KitFox looks like a really fun flying machine. Thanks. Larry (ASMEL and Helicopter)
The moment you walked in that shop I knew homie was using a Shear Hog.
Awesome channel awesome content! You should do a bush plane collaboration with Cleetus McFarland!
I have 4 blade q-tips on my baron and my buddy has standard 3 blades on his. They claim it is quieter. I can't tell it is quieter with my ear, but it is definitely a different sound.
Hi Trent, For my understanding, why would you want a fixed pitch prop when you can have constant speed prop, especially when needing to get out of tight spots but also doing longer cruising distances?!?
Weight.
DUC has made such propellers for light airplanes for a while. Look at DUC Windspoon.
Just FYI, because you are there so often...It is the Sierra, NOT the Sierras. Sierra is already plural.
Nice. I have to wonder if having a stiffer suspension on the tail will make it more likely to nose over.
Having the wing sit steeper with the tail down will help that a little bit.
Only on a hard bounce either from hitting a sage right after you land or during takeoff. But the added AOA will counter it.
Isn't there a Gigantic Snow storm going on in thiose mountians this week end !0 Feet 1 hundered mph winds?
Soylent Green is my favorite. Goes well with Fava beans and a nice Chianti. 😜
IKR?
Two bladed prop seemed more powerful up here in WI.
Anyone know the name of the song he used at the start of the flight?
IFR = I Follow Roads … I-80! 😂
Love your videos Trent.
LoL roads, rivers, and railroad tracks.
The opening scene made me realize exactly what hard work, over time, looks like.
Your audience has watched you find land, built a home, build a hanger, install sick lights, etc etc.
Patey, in a recent talk, pointed out how many pilots die because of fuel mixture issues which become non-issues in an EFI / modern engine.
One less thing to checklist in your safe flight operations leading to less decision fatigue. ❤
Safe travels Trent.
Tony looks like he's seen plenty of skiing/boarding lately!
AWSOME VIDEO
Bro ... every video, the OCD in me wants to furiously dust your dash. That sun shows it all! 🤣
You’d be dusting that sucker 3 times 3 times a day.
I don’t think it is dust - it is an alcantara type material that reflects light differently depending on how it was last touched/brushed, leaving its fibers at different angles. This reflects the light at odd angles, which in turn gets your dust OCD radar tingling.. 😂
Soylent - are you kidding me? Even as an Ironic name it's a laugh
😅how long was the flight
Good stuff.
at 4:40, as you lifted off, why did only one wheel stop spinning?
I think that may be an illusion caused by the shadow from the prop but hard to tell. Also, on takeoff you generally apply right rudder to counter the left turning tendencies of single engine prop planes. When applying this rudder he may well have pushed on the brake. On the other hand he may be in the habit of stopping wheel rotation with the brakes at takeoff. I was taught to do this as well. The theory was that wheels are rarely perfectly balanced which is not so much of an issue when they are under load but once they are freely spinning, lack of balance can be hard on the bearings. Not sure how true this is.