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Aerobatics(at)aol.com
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 Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 5:41 pm Post subject: Windmilling. Props..... |
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Since I have been so chatty.... Ill blab some more..... sorry
I was raised around sailboats, all types from Sun Fish to a 100 foot ketch, and depending on the sail boat, ie racer or cruiser... most have some form of drag reduction while under sail by locking the prop so it can not windmill or folding or even feathering....
Locking the shaft is the simplest and a big improvement..... it always amazed me, not to mention so much quieter....
Back to flying 
Ahoy
Dave Patrick
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jimrody(at)WI.RR.COM
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| Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 3:19 am Post subject: Windmilling. Props..... |
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"Centering" the prop is a must do as soon as power is shut off when were
racing the sailboat. It requires a crew member to crawl down by the
shaft and turn it until a placed line on the shaft and a line on the hub
are aligned. Then putting the engine back into gear.This means that the
folding prop is now in a horizontal position so both halves will flow
aft thus creating the least drag. That's how it's done. When the skipper
yells for someone to center the prop we all sorta look at each other,
it's a pain in the ass. .
I certainly hope it would be a little easier once the engine goes
quiet while flying. It would have to be something automatic, theres
enough things to think about when unexpectedly dead sticking it I presume.
JR
| Quote: | Since I have been so chatty.... Ill blab some more..... sorry
I was raised around sailboats, all types from Sun Fish to a 100 foot
ketch, and depending on the sail boat, ie racer or cruiser... most
have some form of drag reduction while under sail by locking the prop
so it can not windmill or folding or even feathering....
Locking the shaft is the simplest and a big improvement..... it always
amazed me, not to mention so much quieter....
Back to flying
Ahoy
Dave Patrick
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