X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 07:51:14 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mail.pshift.com ([63.166.217.30] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1c.3) with ESMTP id 1368711 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 07 Sep 2006 20:31:10 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=63.166.217.30; envelope-from=colyncase@earthlink.net Received: from ccaselt (unverified [216.57.118.191]) by mail.pshift.com (Vircom SMTPRS 4.35.480.0) with SMTP id for ; Thu, 7 Sep 2006 20:30:29 -0400 X-Modus-BlackList: 216.57.118.191=OK;colyncase@earthlink.net=OK X-Modus-RBL: 216.57.118.191=OK X-Modus-Trusted: 216.57.118.191=NO X-Original-Message-ID: <011701c6d2dd$f6b91d50$d610020a@nvidia.com> From: "colyncase on earthlink" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" References: Subject: Re: [LML] Props X-Original-Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 17:30:18 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 Dan - I looked at this a couple years ago. It appeared at the time that the NEWEST hartzell scimitar is if slower, not very much slower than than anything else out there. If you search at lmlonline for props you will find various posts from which you can piece together your own opinion. I have the full feathering version. I was adamant about having it. Haven't flown it yet. but if you look through all those posts you will find an attachment somewhere that shows the glide ratio of non-windmilling "coarse pitch" vs. fully feathered. There's not a lot of difference! ...and given the typical CG on a legacy, I would think you would be better off without full feathering. As for MT, I ran into a guy at lunch today that knew the legacy driver that lost a prop blade at orange county new jersey. it sounded like it was an MT but I don't have the facts. Maybe one of the safety experts on lml can comment. Colyn -- For archives and unsub http://mail.lancaironline.net/lists/lml/