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Stainless Props on small motors - good, bad, ugly?
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<blockquote data-quote="onthewater102" data-source="post: 434024" data-attributes="member: 13702"><p>When I looked into them for my 25hp 2 stroke I found they are used to prevent distortion of the prop due to the torque of the motor, and that they are totally unnecessary on small motors as these motors do not generate the amounts of torque required to distort an aluminum prop. Stainless props do weigh more, so it is more inertia your motor has to rotate which, if nothing else, will reduce performance. Whether or not this extra rotating mass translates to more wear and tear I can't say, but it certainly won't result in less.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="onthewater102, post: 434024, member: 13702"] When I looked into them for my 25hp 2 stroke I found they are used to prevent distortion of the prop due to the torque of the motor, and that they are totally unnecessary on small motors as these motors do not generate the amounts of torque required to distort an aluminum prop. Stainless props do weigh more, so it is more inertia your motor has to rotate which, if nothing else, will reduce performance. Whether or not this extra rotating mass translates to more wear and tear I can't say, but it certainly won't result in less. [/QUOTE]
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