X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from securemail.ever-tek.com ([64.129.170.194] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.8) with ESMTP id 6695576 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 20 Jan 2014 23:08:09 -0500 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 14.03.0174.001; Mon, 20 Jan 2014 22:07:20 -0600 From: Chris Barber To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Just landed, plane reusable. Thread-Topic: [FlyRotary] Re: Just landed, plane reusable. Thread-Index: AQHPFkJZEarLAHwxzUGXDrXNhiXulpqOjrko Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 04:09:04 +0000 Message-ID: <2D41F9BF3B5F9842B164AF93214F3D30013EC8C4F5@FCD-MAIL06.FCDATA.PRIVATE> References: In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [99.98.107.59] Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_2D41F9BF3B5F9842B164AF93214F3D30013EC8C4F5FCDMAIL06FCDA_" MIME-Version: 1.0 --_000_2D41F9BF3B5F9842B164AF93214F3D30013EC8C4F5FCDMAIL06FCDA_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable My IVO is a three blade, in-flight adjustable. Each blade is 33 inches fro= m the center of the hub, thus a 66 diameter. I have a new set of blades in= my other hangar that, IIRC are 34 inches, however, I hesitate using them a= s I will be concerned about prop clearance from the ground. Geesh, this aging thing is for the birds, but, IIRC my pitch range is the 4= 5 - 105. There is a way to limit the range which I will likely need to do once I und= erstand how everything works together, that should allow me to limit the fl= atness of the prop to a more useful starting point. Chris ________________________________ From: Rotary motors in aircraft [flyrotary@lancaironline.net] on behalf of Kelly Troyer [keltro@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 6:46 PM To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Just landed, plane reusable. Great to hear Chris !!...........Hang in there.........Curious as to your "= IVO" diameter,number of blades and what pitch range your blades are (30 to 90 or 45 to 105) ??.............<:) Best Kelly Troyer On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 6:24 PM, Ed Anderson > wrote: Great to hear, Chris I was starting to get nervous about my engine out record being broken{:>) Play it safe stay close and climb to altitude circling the field. I climbe= d to 5000 MSL once after a bad case of SAG within 1/2 mile radius of the ai= rport - altitude is always your friend. Ed -----Original Message----- From: Chris Barber Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 6:25 PM To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: [FlyRotary] Just landed, plane reusable. Well, it took several months and countless frustrations following an engine= out a while back; but I flew my N/A 13b powered Velocity SE today. Just on= e circuit at Pearland Municipal -LVJ (formerly Clover Field). I have yet to notice any squawks and the engine seemed smooth and responsiv= e. I had to coursen the IVO in-flight adjustable prop a bit as I noted engi= ne speed a bit over 6500 rpm and prop kissing 2800 (not sure the exact corr= esponding numbers hoe the two cuz when I saw 6500, I throttled back and the= n noticed the high prop speed on the Dynon SkyView. I need to down load the Dynon data log and see what I may have missed. I figured some of y'all may be curios. All the best, Chris Barber Houston Velocity 17010 (Making it so) Sent from my iPhone 5 -- Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.ht= ml ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3462 / Virus Database: 3681/7020 - Release Date: 01/20/14 -- Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.= html -- Kelly Troyer Dyke Delta_"Eventually" 13B_RD1C_EC2_EM2 --_000_2D41F9BF3B5F9842B164AF93214F3D30013EC8C4F5FCDMAIL06FCDA_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
My IVO is a three blade, in-flight adjustable.  Each blade is 3= 3 inches from the center of the hub, thus a 66 diameter.  I have a new= set of blades in my other hangar that, IIRC are 34 inches, however, I hesitate using them as I will be concerned about= prop clearance from the ground.

Geesh, this aging thing is for the birds, but, IIRC my pitch range is = the 45 - 105.

There is a way to limit the range which I will likely need to do once = I understand how everything works together, that should allow me to limit t= he flatness of the prop to a more useful starting point.

Chris
From: Rotary motors in aircraft [flyrotary@lancaironline.net] on behalf of Kelly Troyer [keltro@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 6:46 PM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Just landed, plane reusable.

Great to hear Chris !!...........Hang in there.........Cur= ious as to your "IVO" diameter,number of blades and what pitch ra= nge 
your blades are (30 to 90 or 45 to 105) ??.............<:)

Best
Kelly Troyer


On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 6:24 PM, Ed Anderson <eanderso= n@carolina.rr.com> wrote:
Great to hear, Chris

I was starting to get nervous about my engine out record being broken{:>= )

Play it safe stay close and climb to altitude circling the field.  I c= limbed to 5000 MSL once after a bad case of SAG within 1/2 mile radius of t= he airport - altitude is always your friend.

Ed

-----Original Message----- From: Chris Barber
Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 6:25 PM

To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Just landed, plane reusable.


Well, it took several months and countless frustrations f= ollowing an engine out a while back; but I flew my N/A 13b powered Velocity= SE today. Just one circuit at Pearland Municipal -LVJ (formerly Clover Fie= ld).

I have yet to notice any squawks and the engine seemed smooth and responsiv= e. I had to coursen the IVO in-flight adjustable prop a bit as I noted engi= ne speed a bit over 6500 rpm and prop kissing 2800 (not sure the exact corr= esponding numbers hoe the two cuz when I saw 6500, I throttled back and then noticed the high prop speed on = the Dynon SkyView.

I need to down load the Dynon data log and see what I may have missed.

I figured some of y'all may be curios.

All the best,

Chris Barber
Houston
Velocity 17010
(Making it so)

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