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Rotax Aircraft engine Two Blade Prop recommendations

It is important to select the proper length and pitch of your propeller for proper engine and aircraft performance.

Not enough pitch can cause you engine to overheat, while to much pitch can cause it to load up.

The following are some basic starting points.

44 x 34 the first number is length in inches "44" the second number is pitch degrees "34"
Rotax 277 Engine - 2 to 1 ratio
44 x 34	46 x 32	48 x 30	50 x 28	52 x 26
Rotax 277 Engine - 2.23 to 1 ratio
46 x 36	48 x 34	50 x 32	52 x 30	54 x 28
Rotax 277 Engine - 2.58 to 1 ratio
56 x 32	58 x 30	60 x 28	62 x 26
Rotax 377 Engine - 2 to 1 ratio
48 x 34	50 x 32	52 x 30	54 x 28	56 x 26
Rotax 377 Engine - 2.23 to 1 ratio
52 x 34	54 x 32	56 x 30	58 x 28	60 x 26
Rotax 377 Engine - 2.58 to 1 ratio
58 x 36	60 x 34	62 x 32	64 x 30	66 x 28
Rotax 477 Engine - 2 to 1 ratio
48 x 36	50 x 34	52 x 32	54 x 30	56 x 28
Rotax 477 Engine - 2.23 to 1 ratio
52 x 38	54 x 36	56 x 34	58 x 32	60 x 30
Rotax 477 Engine - 2.58 to 1 ratio
58 x 40	60 x 38	62 x 36	64 x 34	66 x 32
Rotax 503 Engine Single Carb - 2. to 1 ratio
48 x 40	50 x 38	52 x 36	54 x 34	56 x 32
Rotax 503 Engine Single Carb - 2.23 to 1 ratio
54 x 38	56 x 36	58 x 34	60 x 32	62 x 30
Rotax 503 Single Carb Engine - 2.58 to 1 ratio
60 x 42	62 x 40	64 x 38	66 x 36	68 x 34
Rotax 503 Engine Dual Carb - 2. to 1 ratio
56 x 32	58 x 30	60 x 28
Rotax 503 Engine Dual Carb - 2.23 to 1 ratio
62 x 28
Rotax 503 Engine Dual Carb - 2.58 to 1 ratio
68 x 32
Rotax 532 Engine - 2. to 1 ratio
52 x 40	56 x 38	58 x 36	60 x 34	62 x 36
Rotax 532 Engine - 2.23 to 1 ratio
60 x 40	62 x 38	64 x 36
Rotax 532 Engine - 2.58 to 1 ratio
68 x 44
Rotax 582 Engine - 2. to 1 ratio
66 x 30
Rotax 582 Engine - 2.23 to 1 ratio
68 x 32
Rotax 582 Engine - 2.58 to 1 ratio
68 x 46	70 x 44

Two blade fixed pitch wooden propeller.

Wooden Propellers :
A wood propeller is not cut from a solid block but is built up of a number of separate layers of carefully selected many types of wood have been used in making propellers, but the most satisfactory are yellow birch, sugar maple, black cherry, and black walnut. T

he use of lamination of wood will reduce the tendency for propeller to warp. For standard one-piece wood propellers, from five to nine separate wood laminations are used.

There are usually two number stamped on the hub of the prop, one is pitch the other is length. The higher the number the longer the prop, and the more degrees of pitch.

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