4RJN Posted July 26, 2022 Report Share Posted July 26, 2022 I arrived on Sunday and I was wondering if anyone flew there CT in so I could stop and chat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tevbax Posted July 26, 2022 Report Share Posted July 26, 2022 Ill be there tomorrow through Sat - no plane though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Meade Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 Be sure to stop by the Flight Design booth. Lots of interesting changes in the air in Flight Design USA. Had a nice chat with the German rep on site. Filled me in on some of the concerns and background of the situation in the Ukraine and Czech Republic. Interesting discussions with the German on the E-PROPS, DUC, MT and other propeller combinations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skunkworks85 Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 11 hours ago, Jim Meade said: Be sure to stop by the Flight Design booth. Lots of interesting changes in the air in Flight Design USA. Had a nice chat with the German rep on site. Filled me in on some of the concerns and background of the situation in the Ukraine and Czech Republic. Interesting discussions with the German on the E-PROPS, DUC, MT and other propeller combinations. Ok, what came out of the prop discussion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jim Meade Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 The props discussion was just an informal, casual discussion. The guy I talked with said they worked a lot with E-PROPS and he was impressed that E-PROPS was making fans for many industrial applications, nut just airplane props. He said he was told by the company they made over 20,000 fans/props a year. He said the head engineer was quite an innovative fellow. He said MT was the Mercedes of props with Mercedes prices. They are made in Bavaria so we had a couple of jokes about the Bayerns. (He is in Berlin and my wife is Bavarian - kind of like Boston vs Texas). DUC didn't get so many raves. The guy was not totally convinced on carbon fiber prop hubs but it was subjective. He didn't say anything bad about any of them. I got the impression FD is doing a fair amount of interface with E-PROPS. I lived 10 years in Germany so we had many things in common to chat about and it was a gossipy, low-key chat. I'm trying to avoid putting words in his mouth. I left with no concern about running E-PROPS on my FD-CTSW. He seemed upbeat about the company. I get the impression they have no plans to work with the Russians on the plant that is now behind the lines. He said the plant was occupied but had not been damaged. FD has about 30% of the workforce still behind the Russian lines and they are trying to get them out to European countries. They can't get through Ukraine anymore, it has to be round-about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Meade Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 The Flight Design booth is outside the northwest corner of Hangar C. Booth 194 on James Ray Blvd, the road that slants from the Main Gate to the Education/Career Center. There is a FD plane there, maybe an F2 (I really didn't pay any attention). Tom Peghiny and Tom Gutman Sr. and Jr. are there. Also a rep from Germany. Stop by for a chat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skunkworks85 Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 1 minute ago, Jim Meade said: The Flight Design booth is outside the northwest corner of Hangar C. Booth 194 on James Ray Blvd, the road that slants from the Main Gate to the Education/Career Center. There is a FD plane there, maybe an F2 (I really didn't pay any attention). Tom Peghiny and Tom Gutman Sr. and Jr. are there. Also a rep from Germany. Stop by for a chat. Yup, already did, just not about props. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skunkworks85 Posted July 28, 2022 Report Share Posted July 28, 2022 the only 2 CTs i have seen in the 4 days here, parked in the same row! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrassStripFlyBoy Posted July 28, 2022 Report Share Posted July 28, 2022 The close one is Phil Wade, he's not around the forum much. Super nice fella, if you want to connect with him I have his cell. He's based at Willow Run airport outside of Detroit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Towner Posted July 29, 2022 Report Share Posted July 29, 2022 Just curious, how do you think the attendance was this year compared to last at Oshkosh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skunkworks85 Posted July 29, 2022 Report Share Posted July 29, 2022 21 minutes ago, Towner said: Just curious, how do you think the attendance was this year compared to last at Oshkosh? If available camping spaces is anything to go by, then this year was larger, During the start of the show, they were rolling a field outside of the grounds to park airplanes because the airplane camping had reached capacity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Towner Posted July 29, 2022 Report Share Posted July 29, 2022 That’s great to hear. Some of the pics I saw online made it look like like it wasn’t packed. I was worried the economy was taking a toll. Wish I was there and thanks for the update! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skunkworks85 Posted July 30, 2022 Report Share Posted July 30, 2022 On 7/27/2022 at 10:59 AM, Jim Meade said: The props discussion was just an informal, casual discussion. The guy I talked with said they worked a lot with E-PROPS and he was impressed that E-PROPS was making fans for many industrial applications, nut just airplane props. He said he was told by the company they made over 20,000 fans/props a year. He said the head engineer was quite an innovative fellow. He said MT was the Mercedes of props with Mercedes prices. They are made in Bavaria so we had a couple of jokes about the Bayerns. (He is in Berlin and my wife is Bavarian - kind of like Boston vs Texas). DUC didn't get so many raves. The guy was not totally convinced on carbon fiber prop hubs but it was subjective. He didn't say anything bad about any of them. I got the impression FD is doing a fair amount of interface with E-PROPS. I lived 10 years in Germany so we had many things in common to chat about and it was a gossipy, low-key chat. I'm trying to avoid putting words in his mouth. I left with no concern about running E-PROPS on my FD-CTSW. He seemed upbeat about the company. I get the impression they have no plans to work with the Russians on the plant that is now behind the lines. He said the plant was occupied but had not been damaged. FD has about 30% of the workforce still behind the Russian lines and they are trying to get them out to European countries. They can't get through Ukraine anymore, it has to be round-about. Aren't the e-prop hubs carbon fiber too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Meade Posted July 30, 2022 Report Share Posted July 30, 2022 Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingMonkey Posted August 2, 2022 Report Share Posted August 2, 2022 One more note, according to E-Props website their lead designer built his own fluid dynamics prop simulator software, so he can design and tailor prop/fan blades to their exact mission for best efficiency. Pretty neat stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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