X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [64.129.170.194] (HELO VIRCOM1.fcdata.private) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.1) with ESMTP id 5145263 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:13:55 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.129.170.194; envelope-from=cbarber@texasattorney.net Received: from FCD-MAIL06.FCDATA.PRIVATE ([fe80::697f:d6aa:b87:78d8]) by FCD-MAIL05.FCDATA.PRIVATE ([fe80::809d:a06e:5913:452e%13]) with mapi id 14.01.0323.003; Tue, 4 Oct 2011 11:13:16 -0500 From: Chris Barber To: Rotary motors in aircraft CC: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Velocity Prop Clearance Thread-Topic: [FlyRotary] Re: Velocity Prop Clearance Thread-Index: AQHMgqyuTWi7jEA1V0q7rTpRC4HP6pVsW7Fs Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 16:13:15 +0000 Message-ID: <7C19364C-8B35-49A9-A1C6-316915A9F5A5@texasattorney.net> References: In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_7C19364C8B3549A9A1C6316915A9F5A5texasattorneynet_" MIME-Version: 1.0 --_000_7C19364C8B3549A9A1C6316915A9F5A5texasattorneynet_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thanks.....me too. Chris. Sent from my iPhone 4 On Oct 4, 2011, at 10:45 AM, "CozyGirrrl@aol.com= " > wrote: Thanks for the patience with us and working through it Chris, we all want y= ou safe. Chrissi & Randi www.CozyGirrrl.com CG Products, Custom Aircraft Hardware Chairwomen, Sun-N-Fun Engine Workshop In a message dated 10/4/2011 10:17:07 A.M. Central Daylight Time, cbarber@t= exasattorney.net writes: I posted the question on the Velocity list serve (known as the Reflector) a= nd received this response which seems to be the same as the impression I wa= s under. "I called the factory to ask the same question. I was t= old it is good to have 8.5-9" of clearance(though some get by with slightly= less). The reason is that it does not take much rotation to ge= t a positive rate of climb due to the wing incidence. You just have to make= sure to land it correctly when you get back home :) With my 173 FGE, I have just over 9" of clearance with a= 76" 3-blade CS. " Thanks for the awareness. I knew I couldn't post pictures without someone = noticing something ;-). Thanks for having my back.... Chris ________________________________________ From: Rotary motors in aircraft [flyrotary@lancaironline.net] on behalf of dlomheim@aol.com [dlomheim@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 6:06 AM To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: [FlyRotary] Velocity Prop Clearance A neighbor at our airpark who is transitioning from rotary wing to fixed wi= ng got the nose way up on his Velocity and eliminated a bit of the tip on o= ne of three blades on his nice MT prop. Expensive mistake no doubt, so be = careful w/that... Doug Sent on the Sprint=AE Now Network from my BlackBerry=AE -- Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html -- Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html --_000_7C19364C8B3549A9A1C6316915A9F5A5texasattorneynet_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Thanks.....me too.

Chris.

Sent from my iPhone 4

On Oct 4, 2011, at 10:45 AM, "Co= zyGirrrl@aol.com" <CozyGi= rrrl@aol.com> wrote:

Thanks for the patience with us and working through it Chris, we all w= ant you safe.

Chrissi & Randi
www.CozyGirrrl.com
CG Products, Custom Aircraft Hardware
Chairwomen, Sun-N-Fun Engine Workshop

In a message dated 10/4/2011 10:17:07 A.M. Central Daylight Time, cbarber@texasattorney.net writes:

I posted the question on the Velocity list serve (known as t= he Reflector) and received this response which seems to be the same as the = impression I was under.

"= ;I called the factory to ask the same question. I was told it is good to ha= ve 8.5-9" of clearance(though some get by with slightly less).

The r= eason is that it does not take much rotation to get a positive rate of clim= b due to the wing incidence. You just have to make sure to land it correctl= y when you get back home :)

   With m= y 173 FGE, I have just over 9" of clearance with a 76" 3-blade CS= . "

Thanks for the awareness. I knew I couldn't post pictures without som= eone noticing something ;-). Thanks for having my back....

Chris

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Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 6:06 AM
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Subject: [FlyRotary] Velocity Prop Clearance

A neighbor at our airpark who is transitioning from rotary wing to fixed wi= ng got the nose way up on his Velocity and eliminated a bit of the tip on o= ne of three blades on his nice MT prop. Expensive mistake no doubt, s= o be careful w/that...
Doug
Sent on the Sprint=AE Now Network from my BlackBerry=AE
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