Prop question

[drleon]

i have a wooden prop on my single seat CTL 582 AC
Gearbox 3:1
What erveryone's opinion about prop choices especially re thrust and noise?
Can anyone also tell me where i can get hold of the tubing used in the gyro(except AC)
thanx
leon
cape town

[Ga6riel]

hiya
Therea a lot of good advice to be found here but....
Ive a feelin that many of them would need more info to help you better
like what design are you building etc?
from plans or a completion or a crashed machine...?
and what was it about the prop you needed to know?
give diameter and pitch please

[drleon]

I'm not building, the AC582 is flying but extremely noisy
Ihave tried noise reduction headsets but they only make a small difference
there are a lot of carbon prop's ou there
Im looking for practical experience from AC 582 flyers
My prop is 68" with unknown pitch
leon

[Brian Jackson]

Prince P-Tip props are extremely quiet and very efficient. Rotax also makes devices called Intake Silencers which reduce engine noise, though they do rob the engine of a couple HP in the process. If noise is of great concern it'd be worth it to look into these items.

BTW, the Prince Props are also variable pitch of sorts. The blades will twist in flight in relation to the load imposed on them. Kinda pricey, but everyone whom has used them swears by them. I'll be using one for my 'Bee.