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PostPosted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 5:20 pm    Post subject: Hartzell Composite Three blade Reply with quote

I am going to fly my RV-10 at the same weight and compare the prop directly with another local unpainted RV-10 with the same engine and ignition.

We did fly with Randy Debauw for much of the trip to Oshkosh so I do have some idea on how it performs.

Randy has the older two blade Hartzell prop and was around 300 to 400 lbs lighter than we were with my three kids and all their stuff that just had to go to Oshkosh in the RV-10. It looked like my RV-10 was around 3 kts slower, but climbed faster even with the extra weight.

The polished spinner is the same diameter as Van's stock one.

Rob Hickman
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:41 am    Post subject: Re: Hartzell Composite Three blade Reply with quote

I spoke to Hartzell briefly this morning and asked about the composite prop. They said to check back in three months.

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 11:16 am    Post subject: Hartzell Composite Three blade Reply with quote

In less than three weeks, Rob Hickman should be able to give us all the
information we need. Quieter, Smoother, Faster Climbing, and lasts
longer with easier care and maintenance. Now it's VAN that needs to
tell us the price.

John
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 1:05 pm    Post subject: Hartzell Composite Three blade Reply with quote

Unfortunately, Hartzell won't say anything until they get the thumbs up from Van's. Our chapter just did a factory tour and they spent quite a bit of time on the approval process on what they sell. If you mention RV and it's not on the Van's approved list, they will ignore you. :^(
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Date: 2008/08/18 Mon PM 02:15:31 EST
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In less than three weeks, Rob Hickman should be able to give us all the
information we need. Quieter, Smoother, Faster Climbing, and lasts
longer with easier care and maintenance. Now it's VAN that needs to
tell us the price.

John
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 2:21 pm    Post subject: Hartzell Composite Three blade Reply with quote

Glad MT and AeroComposite don't take that stance. Hartzell's loss is others gain.

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 4:43 pm    Post subject: Hartzell Composite Three blade Reply with quote

This is partly my fault as I have not finished testing either prop for them; it was just too hot to fly it against Dan's RV-10 over the weekend here in Oregon.

Hartzell will not sell a prop until it is approved by the aircraft manufacturer and Van's will not approve the prop until they get test data from it. To get a reasonable price on the Harzell prop you are going to have to get it with an OEM agreement, and that means from Van's. Getting performance data to Hartzell and Van’s is at the top of my list for the RV-4 and RV-10. Hopefully, I’ll have data to them this week.

I currently have over 70 hours on the prop in my RV-10 and I would not trade it for anything. Jennifer and I flew it to Van’s home coming on Saturday and as soon as I shut it down we had a number of people telling me how quiet it was when we taxied in. We flew our neighbor (who has built aircraft engines for years) home with us in the RV-10, and he was amazed at how smooth and quiet the plane was with this prop.

In my opinion, Hartzell is being very responsible for taking this stand and we should give them the credit that they deserve.

Rob Hickman

N402RH RV-10 IO-540 with three blade Hartzell Composite Prop
N401RH RV-4 IO-360 with two blade Hartzell Composite Prop





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Glad MT and AeroComposite don't take that stance. Hartzell's loss is others gain.

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:16 pm    Post subject: Hartzell Composite Three blade Reply with quote

  I wouldn’t particularly blame yourself, if Hartzell really wanted a testing program they would have dedicated someone to it.   It’s understandable to want to wait until they have their data but refusing to discuss a new product makes no sense to me.  They can discuss plenty of things like design philosophy, projected performance, construction materials, retail price.  It’s called marketing and is usually used to generate interest in a product even if it isn’t ready.  From what I’ve seen and heard the only thing they have been generating are a lot of irritated people from being blown off when inquiring about the prop.
 
  A year ago some guy from MT blew me off when I was trying to ask questions at OSH07.  I mentioned it in passing on the list and within a day I had a response from a US distributor and the president of the company in Germany apologizing and offering to answer any questions.
 
  Just my $0.02, YMMV, yada yada yada
Michael
 
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This is partly my fault as I have not finished testing either prop for them; it was just too hot to fly it against Dan's RV-10 over the weekend here in Oregon.
 
Hartzell will not sell a prop until it is approved by the aircraft manufacturer and Van's will not approve the prop until they get test data from it.  To get a reasonable price on the Harzell prop you are going to have to get it with an OEM agreement, and that means from Van's.  Getting performance data to Hartzell and Van’s is at the top of my list for the RV-4 and RV-10.  Hopefully,  I’ll  have data to them this week.
 
I currently have over 70 hours on the prop in my RV-10 and I would not trade it for anything.  Jennifer and I flew it to Van’s home coming on Saturday and as soon as I shut it down we had a number of people telling me how quiet it was when we taxied in.  We flew our neighbor (who has built aircraft engines for years) home with us in the RV-10, and he was amazed at how smooth and quiet the plane was with this prop.
 
In my opinion,  Hartzell is being very responsible for  taking this stand and we should give them the credit that they deserve.
 
Rob Hickman
 
N402RH  RV-10 IO-540 with three blade Hartzell Composite Prop
N401RH  RV-4   IO-360 with two blade Hartzell Composite Prop
 

 

 

 

 

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Glad MT and AeroComposite don't take that stance.  Hartzell's loss is others gain.

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 7:23 pm    Post subject: Hartzell Composite Three blade Reply with quote

I keep hoping the price will be affordable, wife is bought into the three
blade, just not an expensive one, which leaves only MT at this point. I have
hopes but she is really not happy about the blow off last time we spoke with
Hartzell.
Pascal

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Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 12:15 PM
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Subject: RE: Re: Hartzell Composite Three blade

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In less than three weeks, Rob Hickman should be able to give us all the
information we need. Quieter, Smoother, Faster Climbing, and lasts
longer with easier care and maintenance. Now it's VAN that needs to
tell us the price.

John
600
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 6:42 pm    Post subject: Hartzell Composite Three blade Reply with quote

Rob;
Are you using a MT governor or the Hartzell governor with the 3 blade prop?
Any speed test done yet? max speed, climb speeds etc??
Thanks!
Pascal


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Subject: Re: Re: Hartzell Composite Three blade



This is partly my fault as I have not finished testing either prop for them; it was just too hot to fly it against Dan's RV-10 over the weekend here in Oregon.

Hartzell will not sell a prop until it is approved by the aircraft manufacturer and Van's will not approve the prop until they get test data from it. To get a reasonable price on the Harzell prop you are going to have to get it with an OEM agreement, and that means from Van's. Getting performance data to Hartzell and Van’s is at the top of my list for the RV-4 and RV-10. Hopefully, I’ll have data to them this week.

I currently have over 70 hours on the prop in my RV-10 and I would not trade it for anything. Jennifer and I flew it to Van’s home coming on Saturday and as soon as I shut it down we had a number of people telling me how quiet it was when we taxied in. We flew our neighbor (who has built aircraft engines for years) home with us in the RV-10, and he was amazed at how smooth and quiet the plane was with this prop.

In my opinion, Hartzell is being very responsible for taking this stand and we should give them the credit that they deserve.

Rob Hickman

N402RH RV-10 IO-540 with three blade Hartzell Composite Prop
N401RH RV-4 IO-360 with two blade Hartzell Composite Prop





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Glad MT and AeroComposite don't take that stance. Hartzell's loss is others gain.

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 5:04 pm    Post subject: Hartzell Composite Three blade Reply with quote

I have the MT govenor, speed test is scheduled for this week.

Jennifer and I flew it to Seattle on Sunday and we got the following speeds:

8500 FT
2450 RPM
Full Throttle
169-171 KTS True Airspeed

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:03 am    Post subject: Hartzell Composite Three blade Reply with quote

Being I am one of those disappointed with Hartzell and their lack of response, any response at all, I did receive an e-mail back from Kevin at Hartzell giving me the latest. Rob is right.. it's his partially his fault they wont talk until getting a final report from him and approval from Van's to be an OEM. Basically everything Rob already mentioned.
The good news is that Kevin thinks they are close to finalizing the details for Van's to offer the prop for the RV-10. Pricing was something they will leave to Van's and had no comment on the range. Because Rob already has tested the prop on a IO-540 Kevin mentioned that certification would already be completed and hence leave little delay in being available for RV-10's once it became avilable.
Price is the only thing standing in the way now..

Pascal



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Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 5:42 PM
To: rv10-list(at)matronics.com (rv10-list(at)matronics.com)
Subject: Re: Re: Hartzell Composite Three blade



This is partly my fault as I have not finished testing either prop for them; it was just too hot to fly it against Dan's RV-10 over the weekend here in Oregon.

Hartzell will not sell a prop until it is approved by the aircraft manufacturer and Van's will not approve the prop until they get test data from it. To get a reasonable price on the Harzell prop you are going to have to get it with an OEM agreement, and that means from Van's. Getting performance data to Hartzell and Van’s is at the top of my list for the RV-4 and RV-10. Hopefully, I’ll have data to them this week.

I currently have over 70 hours on the prop in my RV-10 and I would not trade it for anything. Jennifer and I flew it to Van’s home coming on Saturday and as soon as I shut it down we had a number of people telling me how quiet it was when we taxied in. We flew our neighbor (who has built aircraft engines for years) home with us in the RV-10, and he was amazed at how smooth and quiet the plane was with this prop.

In my opinion, Hartzell is being very responsible for taking this stand and we should give them the credit that they deserve.

Rob Hickman

N402RH RV-10 IO-540 with three blade Hartzell Composite Prop
N401RH RV-4 IO-360 with two blade Hartzell Composite Prop





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Glad MT and AeroComposite don't take that stance. Hartzell's loss is others gain.

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:33 am    Post subject: Hartzell Composite Three blade Reply with quote

Not that it matters to all people, but the preliminary numbers
that Rob posted this week put the prop definitely behind the
MT for speed, and likely 10kts off from Van's 2-blade hartzell
numbers.

8500 FT
2450 RPM
Full Throttle
169-171 KTS True Airspeed
When buying a prop, there is NO one best choice. Every prop
we can choose will have a tradeoff. Price, smoothness, climb
rate, maintenance, weight or lack thereof, and looks. Climb
speed benefits quickly wash away in cruise if the prop
doesn't cruise as efficiently, and vice versa. Some builders
will want MORE nose weight, and some can't afford to have
any LESS nose weight. So picking a prop depends on so many
individual factors that it may in fact pay to wait until some
other decisions are made before you buy one. If you choose
an avionics and other options list that leaves you nose-heavy,
you could fix it with your prop choice.....or, you could
destroy your CG range by choosing the wrong prop for your
options package.

No, this post doesn't give you much of any useful info to
go on in choosing a prop...that's up to you, your styles,
and your configuration. But, it would be nice to see more
good reports on the performance of the Hartzell, because
right now it looks to be potentially 8-12kts slower than
what Van's puts out for numbers.

Tim Olson - RV-10 N104CD - Flying

pascal wrote:
[quote] Being I am one of those disappointed with Hartzell and their lack of
response, any response at all, I did receive an e-mail back from Kevin
at Hartzell giving me the latest. Rob is right.. it's his partially
his fault they wont talk until getting a final report from him and
approval from Van's to be an OEM. Basically everything Rob already
mentioned.
The good news is that Kevin thinks they are close to finalizing the
details for Van's to offer the prop for the RV-10. Pricing was something
they will leave to Van's and had no comment on the range. Because Rob
already has tested the prop on a IO-540 Kevin mentioned that
certification would already be completed and hence leave little delay in
being available for RV-10's once it became avilable.
Price is the only thing standing in the way now..

Pascal


*From:* RobHickman(at)aol.com <mailto:RobHickman(at)aol.com>
*Sent:* Monday, August 18, 2008 5:42 PM
*To:* rv10-list(at)matronics.com <mailto:rv10-list(at)matronics.com>
*Subject:* Re: Re: Hartzell Composite Three blade

This is partly my fault as I have not finished testing either prop for
them; it was just too hot to fly it against Dan's RV-10 over the weekend
here in Oregon.



Hartzell will not sell a prop until it is approved by the aircraft
manufacturer and Van's will not approve the prop until they get test
data from it. To get a reasonable price on the Harzell prop you are
going to have to get it with an OEM agreement, and that means from
Van's. Getting performance data to Hartzell and Van’s is at the top of
my list for the RV-4 and RV-10. Hopefully, I’ll have data to them
this week.



I currently have over 70 hours on the prop in my RV-10 and I would not
trade it for anything. Jennifer and I flew it to Van’s home coming on
Saturday and as soon as I shut it down we had a number of people telling
me how quiet it was when we taxied in. We flew our neighbor (who has
built aircraft engines for years) home with us in the RV-10, and he was
amazed at how smooth and quiet the plane was with this prop.



In my opinion, Hartzell is being very responsible for taking this
stand and we should give them the credit that they deserve.



Rob Hickman



N402RH RV-10 IO-540 with three blade Hartzell Composite Prop

N401RH RV-4 IO-360 with two blade Hartzell Composite Prop







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Glad MT and AeroComposite don't take that stance. Hartzell's loss
is others gain.

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 10:41 am    Post subject: Hartzell Composite Three blade Reply with quote

Interesting, I actually heard from one person who told me " I spoke to Rob
Hickman at Oshkosh to get an idea of the 3-blade composite prop performance
on his trip to OSH from Oregon. He told me that he was able to keep up with
is buddy that was flying an RV-10 with the 2-blade prop. The difference
being that Rob was about 500 lbs. heavier since he was carrying his family
and luggage. I think Rob was very pleased with the performance of the
3-blade prop."

Rob is searching for that MT in Portland to do a comparo, but I figured if
the information I received on Rob's trip to OSH is accurate that tells me it
can keep up with a 2 blade.

Your points are good ones about prop choice.
Rob
Thoughts?

Pascal
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From: "Tim Olson" <Tim(at)MyRV10.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 10:31 AM
To: <rv10-list(at)matronics.com>
Subject: Re: Re: Hartzell Composite Three blade

[quote]

Not that it matters to all people, but the preliminary numbers
that Rob posted this week put the prop definitely behind the
MT for speed, and likely 10kts off from Van's 2-blade hartzell
numbers.

8500 FT
2450 RPM
Full Throttle
169-171 KTS True Airspeed
When buying a prop, there is NO one best choice. Every prop
we can choose will have a tradeoff. Price, smoothness, climb
rate, maintenance, weight or lack thereof, and looks. Climb
speed benefits quickly wash away in cruise if the prop
doesn't cruise as efficiently, and vice versa. Some builders
will want MORE nose weight, and some can't afford to have
any LESS nose weight. So picking a prop depends on so many
individual factors that it may in fact pay to wait until some
other decisions are made before you buy one. If you choose
an avionics and other options list that leaves you nose-heavy,
you could fix it with your prop choice.....or, you could
destroy your CG range by choosing the wrong prop for your
options package.

No, this post doesn't give you much of any useful info to
go on in choosing a prop...that's up to you, your styles,
and your configuration. But, it would be nice to see more
good reports on the performance of the Hartzell, because
right now it looks to be potentially 8-12kts slower than
what Van's puts out for numbers.

Tim Olson - RV-10 N104CD - Flying

pascal wrote:
> Being I am one of those disappointed with Hartzell and their lack of
> response, any response at all, I did receive an e-mail back from Kevin at
> Hartzell giving me the latest. Rob is right.. it's his partially his
> fault they wont talk until getting a final report from him and approval
> from Van's to be an OEM. Basically everything Rob already mentioned.
> The good news is that Kevin thinks they are close to finalizing the
> details for Van's to offer the prop for the RV-10. Pricing was something
> they will leave to Van's and had no comment on the range. Because Rob
> already has tested the prop on a IO-540 Kevin mentioned that
> certification would already be completed and hence leave little delay in
> being available for RV-10's once it became avilable.
> Price is the only thing standing in the way now..
> Pascal
> *From:* RobHickman(at)aol.com <mailto:RobHickman(at)aol.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, August 18, 2008 5:42 PM
> *To:* rv10-list(at)matronics.com <mailto:rv10-list(at)matronics.com>
> *Subject:* Re: Re: Hartzell Composite Three blade
>
> This is partly my fault as I have not finished testing either prop for
> them; it was just too hot to fly it against Dan's RV-10 over the weekend
> here in Oregon.
>
> Hartzell will not sell a prop until it is approved by the aircraft
> manufacturer and Van's will not approve the prop until they get test data
> from it. To get a reasonable price on the Harzell prop you are going to
> have to get it with an OEM agreement, and that means from Van's. Getting
> performance data to Hartzell and Van’s is at the top of my list for the
> RV-4 and RV-10. Hopefully, I’ll have data to them this week.
>
> I currently have over 70 hours on the prop in my RV-10 and I would not
> trade it for anything. Jennifer and I flew it to Van’s home coming on
> Saturday and as soon as I shut it down we had a number of people telling
> me how quiet it was when we taxied in. We flew our neighbor (who has
> built aircraft engines for years) home with us in the RV-10, and he was
> amazed at how smooth and quiet the plane was with this prop.
>
> In my opinion, Hartzell is being very responsible for taking this
> stand and we should give them the credit that they deserve.
>
> Rob Hickman
>
> N402RH RV-10 IO-540 with three blade Hartzell Composite Prop
>
> N401RH RV-4 IO-360 with two blade Hartzell Composite Prop
>
> In a message dated 8/18/2008 3:23:39 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> rvbuilder(at)sausen.net writes:
>
>
> <rvbuilder(at)sausen.net>
>
> Glad MT and AeroComposite don't take that stance. Hartzell's loss
> is others gain.
>
> Michael
>
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 3:20 pm    Post subject: Hartzell Composite Three blade Reply with quote

Tim

I know you have the 2 blade prop on your plane, what are the tas numbers
that you see in thee same conditions.

Inquiring minds need to know.

John G. Cumins
President

JC'S Interactive Systems
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:09 am    Post subject: Hartzell Composite Three blade Reply with quote

Dial your RPM down, You'll do much better.
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I have the MT govenor, speed test is scheduled for this week.

Jennifer and I flew it to Seattle on Sunday and we got the following speeds:

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:23 am    Post subject: Hartzell Composite Three blade Reply with quote

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Dial your RPM down, You'll do much better.
I am flying to eastern Washington later today to drop off my neighbors at Moses Lake so I will give different RPM settings a try.

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:05 am    Post subject: Hartzell Composite Three blade Reply with quote

I have been told the IO54 has the most torque around 2200 RPM. I don't remember the source.

I have tested different RPMs and I get the best speed around 2250. It kinda adds up, lower RPM has less drag.
Rob.

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In a message dated 8/29/2008 7:11:12 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, flysrv10(at)gmail.com (flysrv10(at)gmail.com) writes:
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Dial your RPM down, You'll do much better.
I am flying to eastern Washington later today to drop off my neighbors at Moses Lake so I will give different RPM settings a try.

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:18 pm    Post subject: Hartzell Composite Three blade Reply with quote

Rob, thanks for your continual reporting.



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In a message dated 8/29/2008 7:11:12 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
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Dial your RPM down, You'll do much better.

I am flying to eastern Washington later today to drop off my neighbors
at Moses Lake so I will give different RPM settings a try.



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