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In a message dated 10/15/2007 6:41:46 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
tthibaultsprint@earthlink.net writes:
His
description of the incident lists a descent rate of ~1,400 FPM during the
glide. That RV has a 180 HP Lyc IO-360 with Hartzell CS prop. By
comparison, my LNC2, with the same engine prop combination, obtains an idle
power ~500 FPM descent rate in full coarse pitch and ~1,500 FPM in fine
pitch.
Is it surprising to anyone that a stopped, coarse pitch prop in
an RV would result in such a large descent rate?
You are talking about two different aircraft not just two different props.
Some flight testing is in order.
Jeff
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