Lloyd Sumpter wrote:

Where do you get a MaxProp? Know any place in Canada? (I ask because

these days it costs $100 or so to get ANYTHING across the border!) I
searched the web and all I found was Property Managers. The "1/2 the price
of the engine" came from the quote I got for an AutoProp: $3K. And the
engine is about $6K (About $8500 CDN).


Another poster gave what I believe is a good site. Yell if that isn't
good enough

(BTW: I'm not really concerned with reverse - after nearly 15 yrs, I've
gotten used to Far Cove's propwalk and use it to my advantage. But extra
punch in fwd would be nice!)

I don't think you'll get better punch in forward unless you're switching
from 2 to 3 blades or to a larger diameter, as the MaxProp isn't
optimized for forward though it isn't horrible.

Performance in reverse is an amazing improvement though. You have to
experience it to believe the difference. We spin on our axis so easily
that we've never actually *needed* an authoritative reverse to get
unstuck, but we haven't needed to spin to get ungrounded since we
switched. ('Course, that could be because I've learned not to get as stuck.)

Our switch was from 15"x2 blade to 16"x3, so we can pull stumps if we
need to, and our reverse power is only slightly less than forward.

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Jere Lull
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