Help needed with new Warp drive on my 582

[beeryboats]

Don't expect to get your blade pitch right the first time. Pitch depends a lot on how you like to fly. Want to play STOL or cruise or something in between??

Warpdrive props are very easy to set. I did mine about three or four times before I got it "just right." Mine is a 912 ULS, but I 'm sure there must be recommended rpms for the 582. I kept easing mine back a 1/2 degree at a time until I was happy with the climb and cruise. So nice to have a prop that we can setup ourselves.

Regards
Rodney

Down to the 1/2 degree? I was lucky to keep the bubble between the lines just set at a whole degree number. It was so hard to twist the blade without it jumping clear out of sight. If I had one of those big blade wrenches they use to twist aluminum props I could be more exact, but just twisting with my hands is tough.

[t j]

I made a big blade wrench out of plywood about 3 or four inches wide by 3 feet long.. Cut out a profile of the blade on one end.

[SkySteve]

As you are twisting the blades, make sure you are also pulling OUT on each one so the bottom of each blade is up tight against the stops. Once I ended up with a short blade, then realized one was not pulled out all the way.

[Rodney]

Berryboats. Send me a text with your name to 580-513-8153. I'll call you back. Be glad to discuss a method I learned from some other guys for setting each blade very accurately.

If your prop is too hard to move, are your bolts backed off enough???

Regards
Rodney

[SkySteve]

Rodney,
Others of us want to know your method also. Come on, let us all in on the method you use.

[avidflyer]

Not the one you are asking, but I've made a tool that clamps on the blade, and it has a laser attached to it. The laser will project a light across the hangar however far away the wall is. Mark that spot, and if the laser hits in the exact same spot on the second blade, you are as close as you can get. JImChuk

[beeryboats]

Not the one you are asking, but I've made a tool that clamps on the blade, and it has a laser attached to it. The laser will project a light across the hangar however far away the wall is. Mark that spot, and if the laser hits in the exact same spot on the second blade, you are as close as you can get. JImChuk

I saw that post in my search on this subject. Very good idea if the laser is bright enough.

[beeryboats]

Berryboats. Send me a text with your name to 580-513-8153. I'll call you back. Be glad to discuss a method I learned from some other guys for setting each blade very accurately.

If your prop is too hard to move, are your bolts backed off enough???

Regards
Rodney

Thanks for the offer. Next time I go out there I'll text you. Maybe tomorrow. And I had all the bolts and nuts just started, not even finger tight, and there is enough friction to make the blade jump.
Jay

[t j]

Poor man's blade adjusting tool.

[SkySteve]

Great idea there, TJ. I LIKE it! Now, where did I put that scrap waferboard....?