X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [64.129.170.194] (HELO VIRCOM1.fcdata.private) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.1) with ESMTP id 5145181 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 04 Oct 2011 11:17:03 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.129.170.194; envelope-from=cbarber@texasattorney.net Received: from FCD-MAIL06.FCDATA.PRIVATE ([fe80::697f:d6aa:b87:78d8]) by FCD-MAIL05.FCDATA.PRIVATE ([fe80::809d:a06e:5913:452e%13]) with mapi id 14.01.0323.003; Tue, 4 Oct 2011 10:16:25 -0500 From: Chris Barber To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Velocity Prop Clearance Thread-Topic: [FlyRotary] Velocity Prop Clearance Thread-Index: AQHMgoXDvU1EFYGq9EeczqC0aJ7DMpVsSsi8 Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 15:16:24 +0000 Message-ID: <2D41F9BF3B5F9842B164AF93214F3D30B1E23331@FCD-MAIL06.FCDATA.PRIVATE> References: In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [69.148.239.2] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 I posted the question on the Velocity list serve (known as the Reflector) a= nd received this response which seems to be the same as the impression I wa= s under. "I called the factory to ask the same question. I was t= old it is good to have 8.5-9" of clearance(though some get by with slightly= less).=20 =20 The reason is that it does not take much rotation to ge= t a positive rate of climb due to the wing incidence. You just have to make= sure to land it correctly when you get back home :)=20 =20 With my 173 FGE, I have just over 9" of clearance with a= 76" 3-blade CS. " Thanks for the awareness. I knew I couldn't post pictures without someone = noticing something ;-). Thanks for having my back.... Chris ________________________________________ From: Rotary motors in aircraft [flyrotary@lancaironline.net] on behalf of = dlomheim@aol.com [dlomheim@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 6:06 AM To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: [FlyRotary] Velocity Prop Clearance A neighbor at our airpark who is transitioning from rotary wing to fixed wi= ng got the nose way up on his Velocity and eliminated a bit of the tip on o= ne of three blades on his nice MT prop. Expensive mistake no doubt, so be = careful w/that... Doug Sent on the Sprint=AE Now Network from my BlackBerry=AE -- Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.= html=