Wondering how this one will be handling insane crosswind. And if he is going to throw wing spurs on this one as well?

I nearly dropped my coffee when he unveiled that prop!! Can't wait to see it fly

The fabric will shrink approximately 10%. If the fabric is heated over 375°F it will crystallize and it will not have memory. In other words if the airframe shrinks because of a temperature change the fabric will not. It will become loose. It is very important to never heat the fabric over 350°

With that airboat prop, I wouldn’t be surprised.

@@txfreerider or maybe he throttles up and blows the wing and windscreen out...

That is an interesting question. I think in some ways it might. But it would be difficult to test. When we test the fabric for strength we do it was a pool tester. We would normally pull it straight in line with the weave. The way we are doing it now we would be pulling two layers of fabric in line with the weave. If we did one on a bias I think a conventional protest would probably show it weaker. But in the real world it might actually be so much stronger overall. But the reality is that two layers of medium fabric is so ridiculously strong it’s kind of a moot point.

@@StewartSystems thanks. I take it that you know mikey and Joe up at buffalo are starting to build new wings for a replica DR 1 and a Fox Moth . There was a great video of a brand new jetliner doing cold weather certs at -47C. When the new jet was ready to take off. They had to wait for a 70+ year old Curtis C46 to land from its daily cargo flights no matter what the temp is.

It's a propeller off a racing fan boat. Not intended for aviation purposes, but that's how Mike rolls.

If you are talking about the fat 4 blade, it is an air boat prop.. You are are talking about the 2 3 blade props those are for mine and Marks airplane (Ambush and Deception), they are Catto’s...

Weight and ease of repair.

Wondering if Kevlar wedged Aluminum would have been a better concideration for longevity. For such a mongrel monster.

@@hoppermantis7615 Kevlar is heavy.

Fabric on control surfaces is lighter, and makes it easier to balance them....that's why it was used on planes like the Corsair with 4 times the power of Scrappy. It is also fairly easy to work with, and can't be beat for going around compound curves. Linen and cotton was used in older times, but they are likely using a synthetic fabric.......

@@mysterymete And its a bush plane on top of debris. As well a Prop, near a finger of the Gods. Everything is a balance. Also I'm into longshelf designing... Not demand.

Peter Toth More to come!

Peter Toth Video is on the way. I and my friend covered a few parts and it went beautifully! 👍🏻👍🏻

That prop is all the air break he’ll need

Eric Layton Yah, you’re probably right about that. Besides, I can’t think of a light weight easy to operate airbrake. All together the upper and lower air break would end up being way smaller than the fixed prop brought back on rpm.

@@richbuckley6917 There's also the bit where the plane is designed to stall at ~30mph, and air brakes are not terribly effective at those speeds. They work great at higher speeds, but it's sort of an exponential, and 30mph is on the flatter end.

James Burleson good point

I think I read somewhere that it only weighs 75 pounds or maybe that was kilograms, which ever, if that is true it would be amazing. To get 600HP our of a 75kg engine! It would be easier to balance Mike's cub.

baggerf14 Yea, Y Not!

The horizontal is carbon, Maybe some Kevlar also I don’t remember. Rudder and Elevator are fabric.

John Van Camp I and my friend covered a few parts for Scrappy. It went amazingly well, we used some techniques I think you’ll find interesting, a bit different. A more detailed installation video is coming on Mike’s channel soon.