Adjustable Propeller Angle gauge- which one to get?

[kmach]

Hi All, I am looking at getting a gauge for setting the pitch , or getting the blade angles equal to each other. i was wondering what others have , ones they have tried , likes, dislikes etc... I just about ordered a gauge from ACS but decided to ask a few questions first. ACS has an electronic one and a Warp Drive gauge, I was leaning towards the electronic one for some reason.

[cap01]

kevin , i have the warp drive protractor . it works pretty good . as you probably know , it uses a bubble . the acs cube would be nice and probably a little more accurate , if a guy could justify the price .

[kmach]

I have never seen a warp drive gauge, except in the ACS advertisement. I have never had or used any gauge as of yet so I am a rookie in the gauge area. I have the Sensenich ground adjustable prop , from their instructions the blades should remain equal by the center hub setup, but I would like to confirm with a gauge. I want to have a gauge before I start to experiment with prop settings .

[SkySteve]

My hangar partner has a ground adjustable Sensenich prop with the pin gauges. He found them to be very unreliable in setting the pitch. Could never get all three blades set at the same degree. He ended up using the Warp Drive protractor to get his blade pitch angles set the same.

[kmach]

That is really good to know.

[jtpitkin06]

I agree, the Warp Drive Prop Protractor is easy to use. It fits many different size props, it's very accurate and you don't need to level the aircraft.

I used it yesterday to check a McCauley on my Cardinal RG.

Great tool. Well worth borrowing for the task.

JP

[Slyfox]

I love mine. I push the switch up and goes to fine pitch, push down and goes to course.

[avidflyer]

I have a Warp Drive on my Avid Flyer with the Jabiru engine so I got the Warp Drive protractor when I got the prop. It works quite well. I've also made and used a jig that holds a lazer and fits on the blades. The lazer will shine a spot on the wall 20' away. Mark that spot, move the jig to the next blade and adjust it so the lazer hits the same spot, ect. I think the lazer is the most accurate way to get all the blades the same. It is suprising though that using the the Warp Drive protractor and then checking with the lazer showed that the protractor was very close. If you use the protractor, try to get the protractor in exactly the same spot on each blade and the bubble to be in exactly the same spot in relation to the lines on the protractor on each blade, not "just between the lines".

[chefwarthog]

Here in Canada we have the right to use in flight ajustable propeller dose it worth the price?

[t j]

Yes, the IVO in flight adjustable gets rave reviews from most all that have it.
We in the great brown south can use in flight adjustable too as long as we don't need to fly under Sport pilot Rules ie no medical needed.

As for a prop protractor, I first had a GSC prop and protractor. The protractor was kind of chincy and hard to use. I made a bracket to do the laser check like mentioned. That worked well on the GSC. I now have a warp and adjust the blades with the protractor at the tip as warp insisted I do. The warp is so flexable at the tips my laser bracket is hard to use on the tips.

My advise to anyone is get the Warp protractor, it works easy and gooood!