Quote Originally Posted by HotWater View Post
I don't think Grose Racing is buying random props to copy. Usually someone will take them a prop that they have tested and reworked to get the results that they want. Then it is digitized and a blank is cnc machined hopeing to get an exact duplicate of the favorite prop for their own use. What is wrong with that?
I don't think they are either. But if I buy a billet part from someone, say a trick timing cover, take it to a local machine shop and ask them to make me 3 copies of it (for my own personal use) are you saying that would be fair to the original designer? It takes very little effort to reverse engineer something rather than to design it in the first place. The point is, there is a prop designer or someone who reworked the prop to make it work the way it did. They have their time and money invested in acquiring the skills to make said prop work. My question is more specifically, how is reverse engineering a prop any different from reverse engineering any other part?