Works better with a right handed thread on the set bolt. Just a guess. Shouldn’t matter with the drive pin restricting rotation.
Rotation direction is kinda arbitrary. Props are made in both left and right as can be seen on dual drive boats.
I think the reason we mainly see right props is because most are made for the outboard market which went for a right hand drive. This might be because of the mechanical architecture of an outboard engine.
Maybe, a prop spinning prop will always put a torque on a boat. Pulling the nose one way and the tail the other way. Maybe FR/Lift figured out the most people naturally apply a torque on a board. They choose the rotation to balance the torque.
You will notice on a small boat they always put the driver on the right side of the boat. If you put the driver on the left side with no passengers the boat tilts to the left on acceleration.
Maybe try to make a good prop your self? For the flipsky motor this is a good basis:
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I make it with a grinder, filing and drill out the hole with my lathe. I use some tape to see if the blades are the same shap. I have no problems with vibrations so all blades have (almost) same shape and mass.
Nice job on the modification! Have You compared the rpm / speed on the original vs modified prop? A wild guess would be that the modified needs less torque from the engine to spin a given rpm as the blade surface is less?
Yes, it is a huge difference. I don’t have the exact numbers but at 14s unmodified it was some where around 2800rpm and modified 4900rpm so yes a huge difference.