Larry Schlasinger the MT prop representative contacted me today and said they are looking for someone that needs a prop for their 295hp GO-480.
They need to do a field approval on at least one if not two or three to work toward a full blown STC. They are looking for someone or more, here in the lower 48 states because they are located here in the Midwest and it is just easier for them, but they are not ruling out the guys in Alaska either.
I think this is probably a real good deal for someone that needs a prop they will walk them through the field approval and they will get to keep the prop. It's not free but there is no extra cost and much cheaper than a Hartzel and you will save a lot of weight.
Larry says they have a two blade prop approved for the 245hp GO-435 and the 270hp GO-480
Now they are looking at the GO-480 at 300 Hp and they also believe because of the thicker chord of composite blade which causes it to go supersonic at a lower rpm, that they will need to go to the 3 blade at 95" instead of a 101" or 103" 2 bladed prop, but they will look at that as well also a reversible prop for float plane use is contemplated and will be looked at.
They are looking at the 340hp GSO-480 as well. Anyone with one of those?
I mentioned the difference in oil pressure that was brought up in an earlier post and Larry said he had asked their engineer about it and it was new to him because you would use the Helio prop governor. I believe it is being looked into.
Larry says they would like to do this as soon as possible and by summer time at least.
So contact Larry Schlasinger directly at 612-619-5782 but then, when you do this you have to keep the rest of us in the loop.
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