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- From: svoboda@rtsg.mot.com (David Svoboda)
- Subject: Re: Props
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.153612.20836@rtsg.mot.com>
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- References: <1992Jul22.222910.27329@iex.uucp>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 15:36:12 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul22.222910.27329@iex.uucp> djones@iex.iex.com writes:
- |Can anyone explain in layman's terms what and or how one decides
- |which prop is proper for a particular engine or plane/engine combination.
- |In trying to get my Surpass 40 on my Flair Magnatillia broken in and running I
- |am trying various props. I started with a 11x6 Antique prop but the engine
- |didn't seem to be able to turn it very well. I am going to try a 11x5w, and did
- |try a 10x7. Isn't a 10x7 essentially the same thing as a 11x6? What does it
- |mean (from a practical standpoint) to 'go up in diameter and down in pitch or
- |visa versa'?
-
- "Double the diameter and add the pitch" is an old rule of thumb that I use to
- determine engine loading. So an 11x6 prop produces a "load index" of 28, as
- does a 10x8, so those props will give approximately the same engine load. Note
- that a lower pitch prop will unload in the air more than a higher pitch
- prop (with the same load index), and will make the airplane fly more slowly,
- and climb more positively.
-
- Changing prop brands will skew this rule a bit, because different airfoils,
- blade widths and planforms will produce different drag.
-
- |Can't wait to build my SE5a!!
-
- Cool! Tell us about it.
-
- Dave Svoboda, Palatine, IL
-