Return-Path: Received: from pop3.olsusa.com ([63.150.212.2] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 3.5.8) with ESMTP id 1156241 for rob@logan.com; Fri, 05 Apr 2002 21:37:51 -0500 Received: from siaag1ae.compuserve.com ([149.174.40.7]) by pop3.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-71866U8000L800S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Fri, 5 Apr 2002 21:32:21 -0500 Received: (from mailgate@localhost) by siaag1ae.compuserve.com (8.9.3/8.9.3/SUN-1.12) id VAA13866 for Lancair.list@olsusa.com; Fri, 5 Apr 2002 21:36:02 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 21:35:28 -0500 From: James Frantz Subject: Glide Sender: James Frantz To: Marve Kay Message-ID: <200204052135_MC3-F897-CD9A@compuserve.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline X-Mailing-List: lancair.list@olsusa.com Reply-To: lancair.list@olsusa.com <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Lancair Builders' Mail List >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >Interestingly my 360 glides father with the prop windmilling than it doe= s with the prop stopped. This is the first airplane that I have flown that= glides further with the prop windmilling. Most airplanes have a significant increase in glide range with the prop stopped. My 2 blade Hartzell prop i= s longer than most Lancair 360's at 72" diameter.< Just curious, in what position did the prop stop? I have the 68" Hartzell = and I found that the glide was = better with the prop stopped. = My prop stopped at about a 45 degree angle. Do you recall what your tests indicated = was the best glide speed at = MGW? = James B. Frantz >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> LML website: http://members.olsusa.com/mkaye/maillist.html LML Builders' Bookstore: http://www.buildersbooks.com/lancair Please remember that purchases from the Builders' Bookstore assist with the management of the LML. Please send your photos and drawings to marvkaye@olsusa.com. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>