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From: "David Leonard" <Daveleonard@cox.net>
To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: idle speeds
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 19:53:29 -0700
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I just have to say, because it just struck me, that anyone who builds
and flies a plan's built, fiberglass aircraft is truly a man among men
(or woman - Cozy Girls).  You must have the patience of a Monk, skin of
steel, perseverance of a river. 

David Leonard (working on the cowl while I await parts to re-build the
engine)
The Rotary Roster:
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/rotaryroster/index.html

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net]
On
> Behalf Of sqpilot@earthlink
> Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 10:05 AM
> To: Rotary motors in aircraft
> Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: idle speeds
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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
> >
> > >>  Homepage:  http://www.flyrotary.com/
> > >>  Archive:   http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html
> >
> 
> 
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