Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #18022
From: John Slade <sladerj@bellsouth.net>
Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Monster Prop Air Brake
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 21:04:13 -0500
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
So don't know whether this theory holds water, but the effect is there and I found today that keep the engine at 3200 rpm resulted in a considerably difference.  Any  ideas from you prop guys?? 
 
I'm no prop guy, but ...
That makes sense to me, Ed, and it might also have been a factor in my prop strike incident. This was the first time I'd been able to get a smooth idle, and I was throttled way back. My prop is a pretty big bad boy too. It might have been giving me some drag I wasn't expecting. I flew it again today (prop fixed with flox) and kept the speed up this time. No problems. No vibration.
John
 
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