X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from ms-smtp-05.texas.rr.com ([24.93.47.44] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.2) with ESMTP id 1580369 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 18 Nov 2006 21:34:17 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=24.93.47.44; envelope-from=clouduster@austin.rr.com Received: from [10.0.0.99] (cpe-70-123-147-30.austin.res.rr.com [70.123.147.30]) by ms-smtp-05.texas.rr.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id kAJ2XsrD013076 for ; Sat, 18 Nov 2006 20:33:54 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <455FC291.4060404@austin.rr.com> Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 20:33:53 -0600 From: Dennis Haverlah User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040804 Netscape/7.2 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Prop recommendations References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------010300040407020201040406" X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------010300040407020201040406 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Greg I have the Catto 76 in dia 88 in pitch and RD-1C drive on my Renessis. I'm 3 to 4 month away from first flight. Static rpm are 5300-5400 without any tuning. I also have the James rotary cowl on my RV 7A. Dennis H. Greg wrote: > G'day all, my RV8 with Renesis motor is getting to the point where I > need a prop selection. I prefer a 2 blade prop for efficiency and > fixed pitch for cost, but I'm not steadfast of this. Any > recommendations? > > Aircraft specs are: RV8, Renesis motor, EC2/EM2, RD-1C Sam James > rotary cowl. > > Thanks Greg > --------------010300040407020201040406 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Greg

I have the Catto 76 in dia 88 in pitch and RD-1C drive on my Renessis. I'm 3 to 4 month away from first flight. Static rpm are 5300-5400 without any tuning.
I also have the James rotary cowl on my RV 7A.

Dennis H.

Greg wrote:

G'day all, my RV8 with Renesis motor is getting to the point where I need a prop selection. I prefer a 2 blade prop for efficiency and fixed pitch for cost, but I'm not steadfast of this. Any recommendations?

Aircraft specs are: RV8, Renesis motor, EC2/EM2, RD-1C Sam James rotary cowl.

Thanks Greg

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