... few >dozens more likely. The SUV mentality is carried over to the most pilots mind >who thinks the bigger engine the better, also many of the so called...
Naw, it makes sense. If you observe one just like yours become a ballistic object at 110 mph, Vne for yours would be 109 or lower, right? ;) ... practical...
I flew quite a lot in my UL Falcon w/ a 277. Pushed around this fatman all day long. The only trouble I ever had was with the Kirker exhaust system. It would...
... You must be a young buck. This old man simply shrugs. Doug [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Pinesay@...
Dec 1, 2004 11:44 pm
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Sad when people making pathetic statements like this get on the internet ant start spreading their so called wisdom and advice to others. George ... the...
Judging from the many responses I received to my question about my 277 powered Legal Eagle (which helped me greatly) I am sure this next question will prompt a...
In a message dated 12/1/2004 11:14:15 PM Eastern Standard Time, Dmoadusjr@... writes: Now lets say we run the engine with this cocked propeller. What...
It will set up a very nasty vibration! I fly rc heli's and we have to track our blades. If our blades go out of track the result is a very noticeable vibration...
... Sad when people cannot laugh things off, and get too serious. I guess I'll get off Fly-UL. Bye, Doug [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Pinesay@...
Dec 2, 2004 7:19 am
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A couple of years ago I got fed up and chucked out the old std GPL starter motor (was c#%p) fitted to my 582 . My local Rotax guru kept the std ringgear and...
The wheel comparison is not valid. A wheel has only one point of contact (the ground) while a prop typically has two symmetrical points exerting force. I...
... The bldes are not slowly turning. They are going like hell. So the blades are basically chasing each others slipstream as they turn. If one blade iis...
... The slight difference in thrust would indeed add a rotating vomponernt of stress to an otherwise missing effect. This would reduce bearing life of the...
In a message dated 12/2/04 6:34:27 AM US Mountain Standard Time, ... autoparts store or tracktor supply. Does anyone know about this? ... A good start would be...
Anybody out there running the Dellorto carbs on a Hirth . I need to know if these carbs will accommodate a primer system. Thanks for any help. Bob...
boblewis
boblewis@...
Dec 2, 2004 3:06 pm
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... turn. ... clener ... Mark, In this I'll disagree with you. When you write the prop characteristics, it'll have the length and the pitch, i.e. 6044. The...
If one blade is pushing differently than the other, the resulting prop blast would have a slightly different air density for each blade. The incoming air may...
GPL is junk but I didnt know thier starters kill? GASSITT@... wrote:In a message dated 12/2/04 6:34:27 AM US Mountain Standard Time, ... autoparts store or...
I was looking for retorque info on my Sensenich prop and came across this article on propellors. It's a good read, with good info for consideration of prop...
No, Ed, Mark is right (did I REALLY just say that???). Air is a fluid. Blade pitch is not the distance that a prop travels, but is instead an "ideal" as if it...
I do know of one case where a buddys RANS S10 brought down by shattered ringgear jamming up the works. Application and access sometime force one look at the...
Tell me more about GPL problems to watch for. Oops, we just replaced our old very troublesome belt-drive starter with a new GPL on our 447. Its down right now...
... You might check the archives, I detailed many problems and their solutions for the GPL starter some years ago, a girl on here wanted to installone to allow...
Ok, so I want to search all the archives for GPL starters. Is there some way to search more than just one page of message titles(100) at a time? thanks, Livia...
... Yahoo's "archive search" sucks big time. My advice is to go here instead: http://www.escribe.com/aviation/fly-ul/ -- Bob Comperini USUA AFI #A16560 e-mail:...
I need a belt re-drive unit for a Rotax 277, for a lite-trike I'm building. Might consider a 2.58 B box. Anything out there? Bob Newman Ft. Worth, TX ...