Return-Path: Received: from imo-m28.mx.aol.com ([64.12.137.9] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.5) with ESMTP id 573666 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 20 Dec 2004 00:24:21 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.12.137.9; envelope-from=Lehanover@aol.com Received: from Lehanover@aol.com by imo-m28.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r3.8.) id q.9e.1c28151c (3940) for ; Mon, 20 Dec 2004 00:23:49 -0500 (EST) From: Lehanover@aol.com Message-ID: <9e.1c28151c.2ef7bbe5@aol.com> Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 00:23:49 EST Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: George Graham glide update To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 138 In a message dated 12/19/2004 10:08:06 PM Central Standard Time, bob@bob-white.com writes: << I wonder if a free-spinning prop on a broken tranny would not have the > same drag as a spinning prop which is turning the motor? I'd be > inclined to say they would differ. > > Tom > >> Like an autorotating helicopter, a free spinning propeller would be the worst case, providing the highest drag. Better, a stationary propeller. Best,a stationary feathered propeller. Perhaps there was enough going wrong inside the trans, that it was not totally free spinning, or at least not the full time of the glide. Lynn E. Hanover