bob_nj

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Are Rev-Up props still being manufactured?

Thanks
Bob

fizzwater2

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The RevUps i remember have been gone for many years

w8ye

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They were my favorites in the late 60's - early 70's

NM2K

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They are still my favorites for fun-fly/3D types of flying. When I can find them, that is.


Ed Cregger

bob_nj

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I have some new never used fun fly sizes that I was thinking about selling.
Wonder if they're worth anything.

I'll have to get the sizes after work and post them...

w8ye

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Try Finley's Hobbies at (316)683-422 they are in Wichita

Or John Brodack http://www.brodak.com/

DarZeelon

Jim is right, regarding Brodack.

[link=http://www.brodak.com/shop_search.php?productsearch=rev-up]Here are[/link] the Rev-Ups.

bob_nj

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One of the odd sizes I do remember is a 16 x 4.5
I'll get the rest later.
Brodak must have bought a boatload back in the day...

fizzwater2

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The logo may be the same, but the props sure don't look like it.

DarZeelon

They are different...

I have some 12x5 Rev-Up props from e-Bay that have the original form.

dennis

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John Broday Bought BY&O props from Clarance Bull when he passed and he now manufactures the old Y&O props [ Yates and Orwick0 being the Y&O.
He does have some supplies of Rev-up but when they are gone, theyre gone.
Dennis

djlyon

I still have some old rev-ups. Does any one know how the Brodack Rev-Ups compare to the old ones performance wise? They don't even look like Rev-Ups.

Denis

bob_nj

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Here are the sizes I have, and they are original Rev-Up props new and never mounted if anyone is interested before I list them in the marketplace.
I have to figure out pricing since I can't find any anywhere for reference.

(1) 12 x 4W Pro Series 3
(1) 15 x 7 THP 4 Cycle Series 100
(1) 16 x 4.5 Special Pro Series 2

fizzwater2

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I think I have a handful of 9x7 3/4 and 9x8's somewhere in the basement from my earlier pylon racing days.

Probably right next to the stash of 7/5N and 7x4.5 SMPP from Top Flite..

The larger diameter lower pitch props you've got would be great for something slow like my Dad's old Sig Senior Kadet. That 12/4 might work well on the ST.40 that's on it. Too bad I don't have a car big enough to haul that airplane in right now! Surely someone would be interested in those that you've got.

summerwind

i have a copy of the Rev-Up props that work for me.....8x6,9x4,10x6, and 11x7.
they were indeed the best shaped blade ever. what i have to do now is buy Master Airscew wood props that are 1" bigger in diameter with those pitches and trim and reshape the tips to the diameter i want. RPM's and pull are exactly the same..................not for the faint of heart, but there's Gold in them thar MA props

w8ye

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Been there and done that about 40 yrs ago.

I spent a lot of time making my own wide blade C/L stunt props at the time from larger props

proptop

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I don't have any from Brodak, but from the pics, the props from Brodak look pretty much like the originals, except for the tips.

buzzard bait

The BY&O prop I tried from Brodak several years ago had blunt leading and trailing edges, and I mean practically flat, 1/8 inch thick. I did a lot of whittling on it to make it resemble a prop. That experience has made me shy away from Brodak props. Maybe they are better now, but they are not cheap. If anyone has tried them I'd be grateful to hear about your experience with them. My old stock Rev-Ups are good. I've sanded Zingers down and refinished to get similar performance.

I noticed Xoar props are available in a pretty good range of sizes now. That might be a better way to go.

Jim

Sport_Pilot

They look like the pointed tip Rev Ups that had been around for a year or more before they quit.

summerwind

why would you do that since Rev-Up was in business at that time?

today we only have one alternative.

for Free Flight competition we made our own FG/CF props that were direct copies of the Rev-Up 8x4,10x4 and 12x4 as they could be repitched with heat.
i wish we would have done molds for the more popular sizes for RC back when i had the chance...........just never took sport flying that serious.

Sport_Pilot

Who made Rev-UP?  Was it part of Top Flight?  I remember owning them but cannot remember the parent company, if any.

fizzwater2

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Rev-ups were made in Manhattan, Kansas. I'm not 100% sure of the name, it might have been Progress Manufacturing. A friend of mine used to work for the company. Maybe he'll chime in here.

From another thread where he did mention it:

Rev-Up's were first produced around 1948 or 1949 and were in production until the 1990's by Chris Machin and his wife at Progress Manufacturing.

daven

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I have boxes of rev-up pylon props both for QM and QM15.... Many modified, many not, many wasted hours.

I found a lot of new Rev-Ups at Happy Hobby in Milwaukee just a few years ago (2007), I bet they still have them, lots of old inventory in there I wish I had bought.

bob_nj

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I put my Rev-Up and other low pitch fun fly type props in the marketplace this morning >
[link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/market/item.cfm?itemID=733908]Marketplace[/link]

fizzwater2

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If you enjoyed it at the time, was it really wasted hours? I have boxes of TF 7x4.5 SMPP and 7-5N, and a very few Rev-up 7/5, and quite a few 9x7.75 and 9x8 rev-up pylon props, plus a couple of old carbon fiber QM15 props from the Nelson days. Yes, I'll probably never use them. Yes, it was fun. Wasted? perhaps - but it did provide some entertainment and stress relief from work at the time..