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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
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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
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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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>
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