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   Post on Aerolux prop and improved brakes in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar

   By zadwit, posted 27 Nov 2018

   I finally got my new 582 installed with a 72" two blade Aerolux prop from Green SKy in Florida. THe prop is the smoothest prop I have flown yet, much smoother than ivo or warp drive. I suspect it has to do with the airfoil shape of the blade. Warp and Ivo both have flat blade faces which improve low speed thrust but I suspect at cruise they are turblent flow somewhat. The Aerolux has a blade with curves on both the face and back of the blade. Performance is about the same at IVO or Warp Drive. 5900 static,  climb 1100 fpm at 6200rpm, Cruise at 6000 rpm=85mph
   The finish on the blade is superb. Setting the pitch is dead easy, dont need a protractor.
   Ive been fighting my MATCO brakes for some time but I finally got them to work satisfactorily. I have dual calipers on the wheel end, the small master cylinder (MC-4) and 8:00x6 tires, all brand new. I could only see 220psi pressure at the slave cylinder(wheel). MATCO says I need 450psi,   I redrilled the rudder pedal and moved top of the master cylinder as close as I could to the pedal and now I have adequate brakes. I cant really raise the pedal or make it taller because I have a nose tank and there is the throttle connection right above the right rudder pedal...It is still a little hard to get my toes on the top of the pedal but I plan on installing non skid slip stuff on there...
   I did several landing on pavement , wheel landing and full stall all in a 12 mph quartering cross wind and if the plane started to weathervane I stabbed a brake and it just stopped..There is probably room for improvement on the pedals but it would take a lot of redesign of the area above the rudder pedal and elimination of the nose tank...Ill enclose a photo of  the brake pedal before I drilled the attachment but you can see there is room to move the top of the master cylinder closer to the pedal...