Dave, I can't remember if you can change propellers in the base version; I don't think you can though. Try opening the maintenance hanger panel (Shift+7) and you'll see a propeller laying on the hangar floor at the left of the screen. Put your cursor over it and mouse-click. If the switch prop feature is active in the base package, you'll see the change occur right there in the hangar.
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