X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com X-SpamCatcher-Score: 80 [XXX] (67%) OBFUSCATED_WORD1_MONEY (17%) HTML: title tag is empty (17%) BODY: content type is strictly "text/html" Return-Path: Received: from ccerelbas03.cce.hp.com ([161.114.21.106] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.3) with ESMTPS id 1702507 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 22 Dec 2006 16:52:12 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=161.114.21.106; envelope-from=dale.r@cox.net Received: from mailrelay01.cce.cpqcorp.net (compaqcce.compaq.com [16.47.68.171]) by ccerelbas03.cce.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F19634589 for ; Fri, 22 Dec 2006 15:51:16 -0600 (CST) Received: from [16.83.197.101] (unknown [16.83.197.101]) by mailrelay01.cce.cpqcorp.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82AE14B84 for ; Fri, 22 Dec 2006 15:51:13 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <458C5347.9070302@cox.net> Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 14:51:03 -0700 From: Dale Rogers Reply-To: dale.r@cox.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows/20061207) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] aeromatic props References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Are these even still in production?  The manual makes reference to
"C.A.A. approved installation"  It's been a few years since we've
we've had such an entity.

Dale R.


kevin lane wrote:
i have always wondered why these props weren't more popular.  it seems to me that a most planes really need only two speeds, climb and cruise.  i'm not sure how this prop works at regulating the correct pitch.  there is no explanation for their various models of automatic, manual, and hydraulic and why the different operating modes.  i almost bought a used one at sun-n-fun once until i realized the blades were of different length!
 
i believe the mooney mite had a prop that was manually adjustable, with a big crank on the panel.  did these work well?  are they heavy?    kevin