Interesting prop Info

[eggsuckindog]

Instead of buring this in a thread I thought it was interesting enough for its own -

Turbo is made by Precision Propeller Industries, Inc. (PPI) which was started by Jim Booe several decades ago. PPI has been making Yamaha's props (and some for other manufacturers too) for years and years. Yamaha liked them so much they bought the company in 2008.

PPI also makes the Stiletto Brand propellers. Stiletto is the lower priced line and Turbo the premium brand. *Some* models of propeller are the same across all three brands. For example, the Yamaha Performance Series 3-Blade, Turbo 1 and Stiletto Advantage are all the same propeller, just different labels, different prices.

PPI offers many more models of propellers under the Turbo brand they do under the Stiletto brand.

As of 2006 or so, Stiletto and Turbo props had mostly gone the square bore hubs and use their own Guardian SQ-Lok hub kits. The Mercury/Quicksilver hubs are interchangeable as are BRP's TBX, Michigan's XHS and Solas's Rubex hub kits.

For now, the Yamaha branded props are still using the press-in rubber hubs, but I suspect that will stop soon.