RE: Europa-List: Re: Contact detail & Help

[Karl Heindl <kheindl@msn.com>]

Frans=2C
My prop is the identical model to yours=3B I was the first to install one
=2C which prompted Woodcomp to make the first 10 inch spinner.It (the prop)
 makes a very nice low frequency sound when you listen to it from outside t
he aircraft.
Karl


> Date: Wed=2C 27 Jun 2012 00:00:11 +0200
> From: frans@privatepilots.nl
> To: europa-list@matronics.com
> Subject: Re: Europa-List: Re: Contact detail & Help
> 
> 
> Hi Karl=2C
> 
> > You mentioned that the prop is not as smooth at lower rpm's. I have the
> > same prop and I discovered a long time ago that the carbs need to be in
> > sync 100% for a two-bladed prop.
> 
> I agree with you. My carbs are 100% balanced=2C so the whole setup runs
> very smooth. However=2C it just feels the engine runs best at 5000 RPM. I
> called it "smooth" in my previous post=2C but it has nothing to do with
> vibrations=2C it is just the general impression that the engine gives. At
> RPMs below 4700 it just sounds a bit as if the engine is labouring=2C har
d
> to describe precisely what I mean as English is a foreign language for me
.
> 
> On the ground the prop sounds very mean=2C especially if the wind is not
> precisely at front. I guess the inner part with lots of twist just
> stalls out if there is not enough airspeed. Once airborn the prop is
> very silent.
> Do you also have the large twist prop?
> 
> Frans
> 
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