I've always thought they were pretty good. My first Cassutt Nocal used one, and I was getting 2 1/2 minutes or so under a 25' ceiling...used modified Ikara 6" props on my Spruce Goose, and, well, that airplane speaks for itself.
Yeah, balsa is lighter. Ikara props are pretty durable, though.
-Joshua Finn
--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, Neil Dennis <wombatt@...> wrote:
>
> Wonder, what didyou think of the Ikara's ?? Our SO group kinda got
> "stuck" with using them because of the rules, and I thought they were a
> poor design eespecially for the kids. :-( .
>
> Thinking of lighter props - not a light as the "framed ones" - made by
> warping a balsa blade on a can ?. Lighter than most plastics and quite
> sturdy.
>
> wombat
>
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