Jim i have been working on making the lightest strongest motorcycle chain on the market and used everything from titanium to maraging and also played with 4340. I made some links of 300m/4340 modified and pulled for over 10,500 lbs on the tensile test I then made some regular 4340 links and they...
Jim i got c300 for the props. I am working on a gear drive .21 lower unit that I am using c350 in for the gears. I will also nickel teflon with nano diamond plate them. I live at the shop i work at so i have access to the equipment whenever i want. I have a lot of things I want to play around...
Jim i found a 2 inch bar of maraging on ebay for a good price so i got it. I will do some testing vs the titanium. With the maraging I will be able to make the prop blades super thin this may help the prop cut through the water faster. Also it heat treats to 54 rockwell so it will be able to...
I chose titanium because it has one of the highest strength to weight ratios of any material plus it's more corrosion resistant than any stainless. I believe it will be plenty strong for rc use if it's not i will go the other route and make them out of maraging steel which has the highest...
Figured I would share what I have been working on. I cnc'd these titanium propellers out of a solid bar of 6al-4v titanium and anodized a couple of them too. Let me know your thoughts. I know
the edges are a little jagged in spots. I still need to buff them smooth and polish them but that's how...
Yeah give me your # last weekend i was blown off of ki and went to a place in granite falls that will probably always be smooth as glass so i dont know if i will be going to ki much anymore.
Hey charley thanks again for letting me use your props even though i lost one. I took my boat out agian after i got home and i ran ok but then i leaned it up and the prop would just spin in the water and not catch. Do i need to lower the outboard?