X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 20:28:10 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from elasmtp-banded.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([209.86.89.70] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.9) with ESMTP id 1128023 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 25 May 2006 17:00:30 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.86.89.70; envelope-from=artbertolina@earthlink.net DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=dk20050327; d=earthlink.net; b=lyieg870JJz+8ZYlc4DGtozEAXYDrhYEl512wWqXFN4TRQYL6NIJmlz0AOGTQgGL; h=Received:Message-ID:From:To:Subject:Date:MIME-Version:Content-Type:X-Priority:X-MSMail-Priority:X-Mailer:X-MimeOLE:X-ELNK-Trace:X-Originating-IP; Received: from [24.121.103.142] (helo=LAPTOP2) by elasmtp-banded.atl.sa.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1FjMvr-0003VW-8g for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 25 May 2006 16:59:47 -0400 X-Original-Message-ID: <001701c68091$f53aea10$4e00000a@LAPTOP2> From: "Art Bertolina" X-Original-To: "Lancair list Lancair list" Subject: Feathering Prop X-Original-Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 01:59:39 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0014_01C68068.0BE68A50" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 X-ELNK-Trace: 1c57f4aab304e4a6fc8cc707cfd6285a4d2b10475b57112064c23e9bf1fedadd61ed433283dba9dc4332a018a90c9490350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 24.121.103.142 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0014_01C68068.0BE68A50 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I learned something that hopefully will save someone some worry. Last Sunday I ran my engine for the first time and took the RPM = to 1500 and tryed to cycle the prop nothing happened, to make a long story short I should have taken the engine up to over 2000RPM to make the prop cycle. Not sure if this is on the first start or if it's a full feathering prop butnI can tell you it had me going for a couple of days. The result was I took the RPM to 2200 and it worked fine, hope my experiance can save someone else some time. By the way Scott Becker at Lancair was the first to mention this as a possibility Art ------=_NextPart_000_0014_01C68068.0BE68A50 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I learned something that hopefully will = save=20 someone some
worry. Last Sunday I ran my engine for = the first=20 time and took the RPM to 1500 and tryed to cycle the prop = nothing
happened, to make a long story short I = should have=20 taken
the engine up to over 2000RPM to make = the prop=20 cycle.
Not sure if this is on the first start = or if it's a=20 full feathering
prop butnI can tell you it had me going = for a=20 couple of days.
The result was I took the RPM to 2200 = and it worked=20 fine,
hope my experiance can save someone = else some=20 time.
By the way Scott Becker at Lancair was = the first=20 to
mention this as a = possibility
Art 
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