X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 00:20:59 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from smtp101.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([68.142.198.200] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.9) with SMTP id 1066606 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 12 Apr 2006 15:29:30 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.142.198.200; envelope-from=elippse@sbcglobal.net Received: (qmail 26920 invoked from network); 12 Apr 2006 19:28:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO Computerroom) (elippse@sbcglobal.net@70.237.145.229 with login) by smtp101.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 12 Apr 2006 19:28:46 -0000 X-Original-Message-ID: <000501c65e67$54189f20$e591ed46@Computerroom> From: "Paul Lipps" X-Original-To: Subject: Fixed-pitch prop X-Original-Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 12:28:48 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0002_01C65E2C.A6162940" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0002_01C65E2C.A6162940 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, Bob and Scotty! Bob, I take no umbrage with Scotty's discussion, but thanks for = being my defender, my Knight-in-Shining-Armor; I really appreciate that! = There are some contributors on the rec. aviation.homebuilt site that are = really very arrogant and impatient with anyone who doesn't share their = beliefs or who don't give them proper obeisance in recognition of their = outstanding intellect; one electrical-type who has a number of = sycophants comes readily to mind. I haven't found that here. Scotty and = many others who contribute here give extremely good data and good ideas. = I relish this! Sometimes a data discussion can appear as something other = than that. Engineers, using engineering language, can sometimes come = across as arrogant know-it-alls when all they are trying to do is = present their explanation! Engineers, however wrongly, are never = characterized as being touchy-feely. BTW, Scotty. In my prop's analysis, I used my prop's effective = pitch, for which I gave a formula, to determine the blade Beta. 'Don't = know why I did that, since I have the chord-line blade angle and chord = every inch from the hub to the tip. At 75%, approximately 24", it is = 27.1 deg.; the chord there is only 1.86". What's interesting is that I = think that is about what I calculated from its 76" effective pitch! = Paul ------=_NextPart_000_0002_01C65E2C.A6162940 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi, Bob and Scotty!
    Bob, I take no umbrage with = Scotty's=20 discussion, but thanks for being my defender, my = Knight-in-Shining-Armor; I=20 really appreciate that! There are some contributors on the rec.=20 aviation.homebuilt site that are really very arrogant and impatient with = anyone=20 who doesn't share their beliefs or who don't give them proper = obeisance in=20 recognition of their outstanding intellect; one electrical-type who has = a number=20 of sycophants comes readily to mind. I haven't found that = here. Scotty=20 and many others who contribute here give extremely good data and = good=20 ideas. I relish this! Sometimes a data discussion can appear as = something=20 other than that. Engineers, using engineering language, can sometimes = come=20 across as arrogant know-it-alls when all they are trying to do is = present their=20 explanation! Engineers, however wrongly, are never characterized as = being=20 touchy-feely.
    BTW, Scotty. In my prop's = analysis, I=20 used my prop's effective pitch, for which I gave a formula, to determine = the=20 blade Beta. 'Don't know why I did that, since I have the chord-line = blade angle=20 and chord every inch from the hub to the tip. At 75%,=20 approximately 24", it is 27.1 deg.; the chord there is only 1.86". = What's=20 interesting is that I think that is about what I calculated from its=20 76" effective pitch!   Paul
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