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Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 13:05:13 -0400
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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] idle speeds
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From: "John Slade" <sladerj@bellsouth.net>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 9:39 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] idle speeds


> 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)
>
Valid point, John....with Dan's Lycoming powered Cozy MKIV, if the idle is
even one or two hundred rpm's above 700, it will float the entire length of
the 5000 foot runway, and you can just forget about landing.  Paul Conner
>
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