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In a message dated 1/26/2002 11:11:33 PM Mountain Standard Time, Scott Krueger writes:

<< When you are ready to choose your prop for your GA aircraft, just ask yourself this question:   Could I drive a car with only an accelerator and one gear? >>

Scott --

No, probably not.  Makes me wonder how my Cessna 150 flew with the fixed pitch prop .....

Seriously, though, the fixed pitch works just fine with an aircraft with a small speed range between takeoff and cruise.  Such is not the case with the Lancair, and with a fixed pitch prop the takeoff performance suffers a lot.  The other guys have talked quantitatively (as have you) about the specific benefits of the CS prop, and I'm certainly planning on installing one.  Unfortunately, the single-gear car analogy, while amusing, isn't really a good example here.

However, if money were the bigger issue, I'd rather fly with a fixed pitch prop than not fly while saving for the CS prop.

- Rob

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