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Posted 8/3/2018 2:30 PM (#914396 - in reply to #914387)
Subject: Re: Lotw prop?

A number of years ago, maybe 4 or 5, Al Lindner had a Mercury engineering rep in his boat for fishing but also talking motors. The guy said people think aluminum props are better for hitting objects in the water because they are softer. He acknowledged they were softer but said in tests they (Mercury) ran, the aluminum props tended to "wrap" around the object, actually increasing the impact as opposed to a SS prop that was more likely to bounce off the object. Obviously, neither scenario occurs every time but it gave me a different perspective on the aluminum vs. SS prop debate.