23 1/2 foot set Patroney Blades

[Greg Mitchell]

As new.Have a set of AS NEW no marks nicks or scratches on these 23 1/2 foot set of Patroney blades.Looking to sell or swap out for a set of 25 foot Dragon Wings.Mitch 03 63834908

[asra]

As new.Have a set of AS NEW no marks nicks or scratches on these 23 1/2 foot set of Patroney blades.Looking to sell or swap out for a set of 25 foot Dragon Wings.Mitch 03 63834908 Gday MitchWot U up 2 mate. I have never flown DW, but have spoken to a few who have. Just hope you dont regret it in future.Merry Christmas Mate Regards Sam...........

[asra]

Dw"s are just what you need on the butterfly Mitch. 25"s would be ok but 24"s would

[Greg Mitchell]

G"Day Muzz,Merry Christmas to you and all.Mate, I"ll give you a ring soon.Cheers,Mitch.

[bones]

just don"t forget we qlders are NOT on daylight savings,,, hmmmm sorry bout the other nite

[Mark Horan]

Yeh,That thing about Johs bum and the sun shining,

[GraemeMonro]

Yeh,That thing about Johs bum and the sun shining,

[Mark Horan]

dont blame ya!!!

[tonydenton]

confusing for some to hear " i hope you don"t regret it in the future" and then others say " would be my choice and better effeciency" i know it was confusing as a student. mitch you shouldn"t forget gerry goodwin blades. i"m not trying to be confusing,

[asra]

Maybe I can clear up some confusion.I have flown on every brand of blade that has ever been produced in OZ. Goodwins,Challenge,Jack Allan"s,Ricks,Patrony"s,AK"s as well as some of the overseas brands including McCutcheon,Benson,and Dragon wings. They are all good. The fact is some are more efficient than others as far as amount of power required to fly at a given airspeed and Dragon Wings are in front in this respect.They are a low drag airfoil shape (almost symmetrical) with around 4 degrees of pitch at the tips.The down side of this is they are hard to hand start especially on bumpy runways.They are half the weight of glass blades with lighter control forces as you would expect.They are not really for beginners although I had my first set at around 30 hours.You must get the undersling right or they will shake but every other blade in existence will shake if not set up properly.They are the most popular blade in the US (World?)and hold just about every world record.My current project which is a Little Wing will be used for long distance flights hence my choice of the most efficient blades.My choice for just an all round readily available blade for the "Sunday flyer" would be Patrony"s for the heavier machine and Goodwins for the light machine if you like "throwing" it around.

[GraemeMonro]

Maybe I can clear up some confusion.I have flown on every brand of blade that has ever been produced in OZ. Goodwins,Challenge,Jack Allan"s,Ricks,Patrony"s,AK"s as well as some of the overseas brands including McCutcheon,Benson,and Dragon wings. Bert Larkins? I have a couple of sets of Walkers I bet you have not flown, made up here in the North (the centre of real Australia).Have a good new year and stay safe.Graeme.

[Greg Mitchell]

I believe I read somewhere DW"s dragonwing perform optimum at 1.3 pounds per square foot and up to 1.55 lbs"sq/ft disc loading, leastwise this is an advised upper limit.With 25"s empty of fuel disc loading it is 1.29 lbs/sq/ftOK so with full fuel on 25 foot DW"s the disc loading is 1.424!.3 is just under the "sweet range", with full fuel I"m right in the middle.The range 1.3-1.4

[asra]

Sorry, how could I forget Bert Larkin. Don"t know how many sets Bert would have made over the years.It would be a few.

[GraemeMonro]

I asked Bert this very question earlier this year, cant remember his answer but I believe it was over 300. He has a book with every set he made recorded.Quite an amazing bloke to chat to.Graeme.

[asra]

As Muzza suggested the DW are more efficient. This means the will produce more lift, compared to our usual asymmetrical blades.