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Michel
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Location: Norway
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 Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 9:30 am Post subject: Windmilling. WAS: sadly a kitfox is down glide.... |
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On Oct 16, 2006, at 2:54 PM, Noel Loveys wrote:
| Quote: | The wind milling prop has more resistance to the air. The least is a
feathered still prop. An unfeathered still prop is in the middle.
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And it is the same for a yacht, Noel. When I stop my engine, after
hoisting the sails, I keep it in gear to prevent the prop to windmill
.. or, should I say: watermill! 
Cheers,
Michel
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Float Flyr
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Location: Campbellton, Newfoundland
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| Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 4:56 pm Post subject: Windmilling. WAS: sadly a kitfox is down glide.... |
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I take it you don't have one of those fancy folding props. I often wondered
if they would work in reverse. My little boat has an outboard with an
outboard kicker. The lift went on my main engine this summer so I never got
past the door of the boathouse.
Noel
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lcfitt(at)sbcglobal.net
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| Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 8:33 pm Post subject: Windmilling. WAS: sadly a kitfox is down glide.... |
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The folding props do work in reverse, but need lots of revs for the
centrifugal force to open the blades. Used to crew on off shore racing
boats.
Lowell
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