Slow-fly & standard props

pagedm

Junior Member
Hi Guys,
Long time viewer first time poster :p Absolutley love the show!!

I would love to see a segment on slow-fly and standard propellers and when to use them, i.e. the types of motors and models, and how you make the decision to use either a slow-fly or standard propeller.

Cheers,
Dan
 

colorex

Rotor Riot!
Mentor
It's an interesting proposal, I have a vague idea of when to use what, but I couldn't explain why.
 

pgerts

Old age member
Mentor
I agree with Colorex.
It was a lot more easy in the old days with brushed 400 motors ;-)
I could use a 6" prop for direct drive and get a small fast plane.
I could use the motor with a gear to get down the rev and use a 10" prop for bigger slower planes.
Today i will use a 8" slow fly prop for my indoor planes with 19-25 gram brushless motors and 8" "Standard" or DD to my outdoor planes with 50 gram motors or more. DD is the GWS prop for Direct Drive (without gear box).

Normally Slow Fly propellers are wider than "standard".
 

o0Jack0o

New member
Great request pagedm. I second it!

I Love the idea! I would like to ask in addition they go over the "styles" of props (gws, apc, jfx, ect...), what the difference is and when to choose one over the other. Oh and maybe a guest "expert" from the industry as well as something like the old power=prop charts, (example: http://www.rc-airplane-world.com/propeller-size.html )