Hello guys

As I told = many months ago, I planned to get the 4 bladed MT prop fully = reversible and fully feathered. Today it came finally = together….

The reason = it took so long is that it took some adaptions on the plane, a confused = wire plan and off course the delay just getting the prop and the = governor.

Today I had my first experiences and will report more = once I can test it without any wind conditions to see how it really = performs, but so far it did really well. The system has 2 switches, = where 1 is to ‘arm’ the system, and the other to use it as = the ‘beta’ switch.

Now my first = fast taxi was very uneventful, as a matter of fact, I was kind of = disappointed not seeing a huge effect right away. I taxied at about 30 = knots and switched it on and ….almost nothing happened. This = actually is a good thing (I found out later), as the system is actually = very smooth going into beta without any ‘wiggling’ or any = unease feeling of a plane suddenly going another way.

My first = faster taxi (at 60 knots) was at least more eventful, when I switched it = on, and had the prop was at about 700rpm, I just noticed that it had a = little extra drag, but than giving it some throttle it started to give = some nice braking action. But all very comfortable, nothing weird, just = simple.

So I took it into the air, and landed with the system, = and for sure with some good practice I can land the plane between = 1500-1800ft. (going with 90knots over the numbers, today I was already = within 2000ft). This is great when the gremlins are taking away some = runway in the night going in to hot J

The system = does have some safety features like it cannot go to reverse above = 70knots or when the prop is higher as 1200rpm. The feather works the = same as with the Hartzell (just pull the prop).

So far it = was working fine, and when I have some more experiences with it (not = doing crazy stuff) I can provide some real numbers of how much runway = not it takes to land the 4p with this combination. I will not go extreme = with going full throttle once activated, throwing is dust and dirt all = over the plane LOL

The prop and = installation is not cheap, but running of the runway is more expensive = J

The = installation was done by Matthew Collier from Fibercraft and Avionics = Instalations, here in Spruce Creek, Florida (7FL6).

Ronald = Stevens (400h LNC4p and some….) n45HL