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clemwehner(at)sbcglobal.n
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 Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 6:05 pm Post subject: sadly a kitfox is down glide.... |
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When I was a T-38 Flight Instructor, we used to sit around and debate the same issue (ad nauseum) with regard to a failed engine. Would a windmilling engine turbine generate more drag than a frozen turbine? The answer came from our USAF test pilots and engineers at Edwards AFB. The windmilling engine will cause more drag.
I like Noel's idea to prove it to yourself. Get any little prop at the local hobby shop or make a wooden one and go prove it for yourself. You could even put some resistance on the prop and see whether a slowly turning prop is worse than a free spinning one. I done this and the fast spinning one is the worst case for drag.
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Clem
Lawton OK
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" I noticed that carnival pinwheels held out the window of the car on the way home would drag a lot more when they were allowed to spin "
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eskflyer(at)lvcisp.com
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| Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 6:31 pm Post subject: sadly a kitfox is down glide.... |
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Clem ,now that have the clutch on the gearbox and the prop windmills all the time when at a idle i can do realshort landings now lol . the only good thing is the ivo inflight can be feathered. . Well have to do some actual testing this weekend lol .
Take care fly safe fly low fly slow fly Kitfox
John Perry
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Aerobatics(at)aol.com
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| Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 6:50 pm Post subject: sadly a kitfox is down glide.... |
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In a message dated 10/16/2006 9:36:15 P.M. Central Daylight Time, eskflyer(at)lvcisp.com writes:
| Quote: | | Clem ,now that have the clutch on the gearbox and the prop windmills all the time when at a idle i can do realshort landings now lol . the only good thing is the ivo inflight can be feathered. . Well have to do some actual testing this weekend lol . |
You can actually Feather your IVO? Cool...
The ones I saw you can change pitch but not feather...
Great stuff I want one!
Dave
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eskflyer(at)lvcisp.com
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| Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 7:18 pm Post subject: sadly a kitfox is down glide.... |
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Sorry i will restate i can change pitch but it really is not a true feathering .. however at the lowest pitch i can reverse the tips . It is the greatest thing since since ????? well since the last prop i had on her lol . I did have the GSC 3 blade 68" but just could not get the performance I wanted all the time .
Fly safe fly low fly slwo fly fun fly Kitfox
John Perry
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| Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 8:11 pm Post subject: sadly a kitfox is down glide.... |
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My Ivo won't thicken to a true feather!
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