I love Warp Drive, mine pushed incredibly hard on my Chinook. They are the AK47 of propellers. Not as fancy as the various high dollar European props, but they get the job done at a reasonable price point with extreme reliability and service life. Had a buddy who accidently put his pliers through his. That prop is still flying. Very tough.
Cant go wrong with Warp Drive, ive got a 2-blade ivoprop on mine now but keep thinking a 3-blade warp would be better especially since its a push because of all the dust and rocks that get kicked up. The only unknowns i have is what will the outcome be mounting a 3-blade to a 3:1 ratio gearbox, i know its a bad ratio to work with. Thanks for the ride Matt!!
Would a slightly steeper front fork angle make it turn a little quicker? I imagine that would decrease performance in off road landings as a downside though. I think it would also be cool if you could get a mic that picks up engine noise to put over the wind noise when there's no talking. Or even just collect some B-roll audio once and use it regularly.
@@liamcushing1092I'm still trying to figure out a way to get some good engine noise instead of the wind. Aside from planting a camera or mic inside the cowling, I'm not sure how I'm going to do it though. Lol I'd rather deal with a big turning radius than a weakened nose fork. Lol I can always get out and turn the plane by hand if I have to. I have another idea that I'm working on for this too. We'll see if it pans out. :)
Good prop review Matt! I have a 701 with a 912 UL. No slats, vg's on Wings and Elevator. 200' Take off roll. 85mph @ 5200 rpm 68" 3 blade Warp pitched at 11 degrees. What was your 701 pitch on the Warp?
@@Cavalier-lp8tr I did. It made an improvement for sure but not enough for me to be happy with it. When I first started flying the Fox, the take-off rpm was around 5150 and it would get off the ground in about 400 feet. I took a degree out of it which got it to 5350 (I was going for 5400 but figured it was close enough) and take-offs improved to a little under 300 feet. Better, but I really wanted sub-200 foot take-off rolls to give me a large margin of error for the 500 foot strips that I want to get in and out of and it looks like the Warp Drive has given me that.
I am very happy with the 2 blade Warp Drive on my Rans S6 with the 912 UL. I have considered getting an IVO with electric pitch control but Im not convinced the juice is worth the squeez on that.
The speed range on the S6 doesn't really warrant an in-flight adjustable pitch prop I don't think. I agree with you that you probably wouldn't see much difference. I love the Rans Coyote, nice birds. :-)
Hey Matt, if you had to choose between the 701 and the Apollo Fox, which would you choose? Assuming price was the same. Obviously the Fox is faster in cruise. Keep us informed on the performance of the E-prop on the Zenith also. I've noticed that it sure is gaining quite a reputation in the light sport STOL community here in the states. From what I understand they are insanely smooth and perform just as good if not better on every installation. It's crazy to think that little thin toothpick looking propeller can improve climb and cruise in most applications. Anyway, thanks for sharing and looking forward to the next video!
That's a really hard choice to make. The 701 has all-metal construction which is better if you have to leave the plane tied down outside and I find it has a bit better visibility too. The Fox, as you mentioned, is faster and with VGs, has almost the same slow flight capabilities. It also has folding wings as standard equipment. I think it would really come down to personal preference and you you really couldn't go wrong with either I don't think. I agree with you on those eProps, what a crazy looking prop that produces some pretty incredible results. The 701 picked up almost 10 mph with it with no loss in climb performance. I'd love to get one for the Fox one day.
Very interesting flight testing.
I love Warp Drive, mine pushed incredibly hard on my Chinook. They are the AK47 of propellers. Not as fancy as the various high dollar European props, but they get the job done at a reasonable price point with extreme reliability and service life. Had a buddy who accidently put his pliers through his. That prop is still flying. Very tough.
Crazy!
Thanks for the video. Keep up the good work.
Cant go wrong with Warp Drive, ive got a 2-blade ivoprop on mine now but keep thinking a 3-blade warp would be better especially since its a push because of all the dust and rocks that get kicked up.
The only unknowns i have is what will the outcome be mounting a 3-blade to a 3:1 ratio gearbox, i know its a bad ratio to work with.
Thanks for the ride Matt!!
Would a slightly steeper front fork angle make it turn a little quicker? I imagine that would decrease performance in off road landings as a downside though.
I think it would also be cool if you could get a mic that picks up engine noise to put over the wind noise when there's no talking. Or even just collect some B-roll audio once and use it regularly.
@@liamcushing1092I'm still trying to figure out a way to get some good engine noise instead of the wind. Aside from planting a camera or mic inside the cowling, I'm not sure how I'm going to do it though. Lol
I'd rather deal with a big turning radius than a weakened nose fork. Lol
I can always get out and turn the plane by hand if I have to. I have another idea that I'm working on for this too. We'll see if it pans out. :)
Good prop review Matt!
I have a 701 with a 912 UL. No slats, vg's on Wings and Elevator.
200' Take off roll. 85mph @ 5200 rpm
68" 3 blade Warp pitched at 11 degrees.
What was your 701 pitch on the Warp?
I think that's right around where I was with it too on the 701. I think it's at 12° on the Fox which seems to working out perfectly.
What append to the 701?
Sold my share in it to the other owner.
Did you ever re-pitch the Sensenich to see if that would've worked?
@@Cavalier-lp8tr I did. It made an improvement for sure but not enough for me to be happy with it. When I first started flying the Fox, the take-off rpm was around 5150 and it would get off the ground in about 400 feet. I took a degree out of it which got it to 5350 (I was going for 5400 but figured it was close enough) and take-offs improved to a little under 300 feet. Better, but I really wanted sub-200 foot take-off rolls to give me a large margin of error for the 500 foot strips that I want to get in and out of and it looks like the Warp Drive has given me that.
I am very happy with the 2 blade Warp Drive on my Rans S6 with the 912 UL. I have considered getting an IVO with electric pitch control but Im not convinced the juice is worth the squeez on that.
The speed range on the S6 doesn't really warrant an in-flight adjustable pitch prop I don't think. I agree with you that you probably wouldn't see much difference. I love the Rans Coyote, nice birds. :-)
@mmatt Thanks, it is a fun plane.
@@mmatt Thanks for the input. I really enjoy how responsive the Coyote 2 is.
Hey Matt, if you had to choose between the 701 and the Apollo Fox, which would you choose? Assuming price was the same. Obviously the Fox is faster in cruise. Keep us informed on the performance of the E-prop on the Zenith also. I've noticed that it sure is gaining quite a reputation in the light sport STOL community here in the states. From what I understand they are insanely smooth and perform just as good if not better on every installation. It's crazy to think that little thin toothpick looking propeller can improve climb and cruise in most applications. Anyway, thanks for sharing and looking forward to the next video!
That's a really hard choice to make. The 701 has all-metal construction which is better if you have to leave the plane tied down outside and I find it has a bit better visibility too. The Fox, as you mentioned, is faster and with VGs, has almost the same slow flight capabilities. It also has folding wings as standard equipment. I think it would really come down to personal preference and you you really couldn't go wrong with either I don't think.
I agree with you on those eProps, what a crazy looking prop that produces some pretty incredible results. The 701 picked up almost 10 mph with it with no loss in climb performance. I'd love to get one for the Fox one day.