ask21 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Hi! I am going to switch to carbon blades on my top80 miniplane. After bit of investigation on the market and forum i ended up with 2 propellers. E-prop and Helix: do you have any experience on those 2 model available for Top80? I will go on 130cm. Redrive is 19/73 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagMen Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Miniplane sell a prop manufactured by Helix called the T2HA for the 19/73 box. It has no Helix labelling but is excellent. I have one of those as well as the standard Helix recommended prop. Both these are 130cm. Both excellent but I slightly prefer the T2HA for thrust and lower vibes. I haven’t flown with the 130 e-prop but my friend has it (who has also flown my machine with the Helix) and he swears by his e-prop. Basically they are all good and it’s just a matter of personal preference and price. By the way we both run the larger frame than standard. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christian Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 My flying buddy and I have both had e-prop 130's on our Miniplane Top80's for several years. The speed of spool up is really nice, but it's a long time since I changed from a wooden prop, so I can't remember how much extra thrust is generated. We are talking about a 'big improvement', but not a 'game changer'. Annie, at E-props speaks English, which will make dealing with them easy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ask21 Posted February 26, 2018 Author Share Posted February 26, 2018 On 24/2/2018 at 22:28, MagMen said: Miniplane sell a prop manufactured by Helix called the T2HA for the 19/73 box. It has no Helix labelling but is excellent. I have one of those as well as the standard Helix recommended prop. Both these are 130cm. Both excellent but I slightly prefer the T2HA for thrust and lower vibes. I haven’t flown with the 130 e-prop but my friend has it (who has also flown my machine with the Helix) and he swears by his e-prop. Basically they are all good and it’s just a matter of personal preference and price. By the way we both run the larger frame than standard. Do you mean the L size ore the one indicated for competition? I own a L size one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagMen Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 If I remember correctly the M is designed for 115cm prop and the L is for 125cm. Both my friend and I have the L1 frame which is just that little bit larger for the 130. I think the T2H is the 125cm version of the 130cm T2HA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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