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In a message dated 11/14/2002 9:49:53 AM Central Standard Time, marv@lancaironline.net writes:
I lifted the nose to stop the prop,
but wasn't thinking about glide distance, only to stop the krunching noises
coming from the engine as it ate the internal gears. I do recall that the
glide to the Winslow airport from 13,000 ft was significantly better than I
had initially estimated,
Bob,
Great info. I was a bit flip in my response to the fellow that said if your engine seized, the prop would stop in flat pitch. I would say that the glide performance with a stopped prop would fall between a rotating one at either flat or coarse pitch, but closer to the one in coarse pitch. I am sure that the crunching of the gears helped keep the prop stopped, kinda like shifting into Park - Oh, if only when we experience a power loss, it could be in cruise, at high altitude and close enough to an airport to glide in.
My point was specifically for a power loss at takeoff or approach, thus the pull to coarse pitch and where, generally, you won't have time to try to stop the prop -- Of course, if the engine seized, all the better. Especiall if the 2-bladed prop is stopped horizontally.
Scott Krueger
N92EX
Egad, my head is spinning.
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