Last week we had some discussion on idle speeds, and I think the consensus
was to keep it around 2000 or a little under. Just for information for other
canard pusher people, I think 2000 is going to be a real problem for me. At
the current 1850 setting with the big 3 66/84 prop I have on she's pushing
hard against the brakes. I think I could taxi the length of the runway at
idle and be doing 30/40 kts at the end. On a short (3400) runway the only
way to stop might be kill the engine once on the ground, or even on short
final. So I need to get the idle speed way down.
John Slade (more power than I know what to do with)