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7suds(at)Chartermi.net
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Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:13 am Post subject: CAP - IFA Props was Kitfox mishap in Colorado

All,

With all the talk about cockpit adjustable propellers I would be interested

in hearing how those of you who are flying behind them in your Kitfox have

them set up, how you fly them and what your reasoning is behind your

decisions.  Also what experiences / mishaps you have encountered. The reason

I ask is that I have purchased one from John McBean for my 5 and will one

day be learning to use it. 



PS. After reading the info from the last posts about prop adjustments and

the braking effect, is it possible the fellow in Colorado had his prop set

for max climb at take off and reached max rev quickly after takeoff and then

attempted to adjust the prop and went the wrong way, possibly flattening it

out even more causing the aircraft to brake in air which might explain the

pancake landing observed, and at that point did not have enough time or

altitude to recover? Yes, TOTAL speculation.



Thanks,

Lloyd C

Model 5 912 IVO IFA

Michigan 



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MichaelGibbs(at)cox.net
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Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 10:05 am Post subject: CAP - IFA Props was Kitfox mishap in Colorado

Lloyd sez:



 	  Quote: 	
		  ...is it possible the fellow in Colorado had his prop set for max 

climb at take off and reached max rev quickly after takeoff and then 

attempted to adjust the prop and went the wrong way, possibly 

flattening it out even more causing the aircraft to brake in air 

which might explain the pancake landing observed, and at that point 

did not have enough time or altitude to recover?


	


I can speak only for the Ivo medium prop on my Model IV.  As long as 

the engine is developing takeoff power you cannot flatten the pitch 

enough to produce engine braking (unless, perhaps, you were pointed 

nearly straight down).  Braking happens when you have the prop in a 

flat pitch and pull the throttle back, and can be quite significant.



In the scenario you describe, I'd expect that flattening the prop 

further would just cause the RPM to go up, possibly beyond red line, 

which would not reduce thrust (unless the engine suddenly became very 

unhappy with you).



Mike G.

N728KF, Kitfox IV-1200 Speedster

Phoenix, AZ

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clint_bazzill(at)hotmail.
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Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 11:12 am Post subject: CAP - IFA Props was Kitfox mishap in Colorado

I will put my little information in here.  I first flew behind a IVO in March of 1994.  Mark from Thunder Gull Fame was at Oceano airport (Pismo Beach C Ca) amd had an IVO on his 2 place ultra light trainer.  Got about 20 minutes of dual and played with prop.  During those years little was know and got some bad information from a friend in Watsonville C later corrected.  I have been flying behind an IVO since my first flight in 1997 C 1400 hours.  Have had several changes over the years for different reasons but I love the prop.  It was neat when I joined the Desert Fox Squadron in 1998 as most of them were using IVO props.  At the present time I have a 72 inch Zero Plus UL on my 912ULS.  Have the newer prop pitch assembly C sold the old one one Ebay and it was still working great. Thats the sales pitch.

  

 I fly out of Half Moon Bay C Calif and the air here is thick. Air temp is usually around 55 to 59 degress F.  I adjust prop pitch on Take off to 4000 RPM's runup at 23 inches MP and that will yield about 5500 on Take Off. That setting works very well up to about 3000 feet at which the air is thinner and enangine RPM.s start to increase.  A couple taps on pitch control and whalla engine speed drops.  I fly with 5000 RPM's 24 inches MP below 5000 feet C above that use about 5200 to 5300 with throttle pulled back about and inch.  Gives me TAS about 100 Kts with a fuel burn of 4.3 GPH.

  

 The weight of the prop is under 10 lbs and I love it.  Have has some issues in past but all problems were resolved C don't want to get into that now C would be willing to talk if you call me.  (650) 712-1802 anytime.

  

 One note C on preflight check prop position by running pitch C you can hear the motor unload near zero pitch change.  Nice thing about the prop C no matter what happens with motor or whatever C it will bring you home. 

  

 Clint Bazzill

  

 N9666T 1400 Hours Model IV with a ton of mods. Non I would remove

  

 

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 Subject: CAP - IFA Props was Kitfox mishap in Colorado

 Date: Thu C 27 Nov 2008 11:12:20 -0600

 

 --> Kitfox-List message posted by: "Cudnohufsky's" <7suds(at)chartermi.net>

 

 All C

 With all the talk about cockpit adjustable propellers I would be interested

 in hearing how those of you who are flying behind them in your Kitfox have

 them set up C how you fly them and what your reasoning is behind your

 decisions. Also what experiences / mishaps you have encountered. The reason

 I ask is that I have purchased one from John McBean for my 5 and will one

 day be learning to use it. 

 

 PS. After reading the info from the last posts about prop adjustments and

 the braking effect C is it possible the fellow in Colorado had his prop set

 for max climb at take off and reached max rev quickly after takeoff and then

 attempted to adjust the prop and went the wrong way C possibly flattening it

 out even more causing the aircraft to brake in air which might explain the

 pancake landing observed C and at that point did not have enough time or

 altitude to recover? Yes C TOTAL speculation.

 

 Thanks C

 Lloyd C

 Model 5 912 IVO IFA

 Michigan 

 

 Checked by AVG. 

 9:02 AM

 

 

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iworonko(at)cox.net
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Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 12:47 pm Post subject: CAP - IFA Props was Kitfox mishap in Colorado

I bought a constant speed electronic gizmo for  my IFA IVO. Haven't installed it yet. Is anyone using one of those and how do  you like it?

 Eric   N58EW Speedster mod  IV

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MichaelGibbs(at)cox.net
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Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 2:10 pm Post subject: CAP - IFA Props was Kitfox mishap in Colorado

Eric sez:



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		  I bought a constant speed electronic gizmo for my IFA IVO. Haven't 

installed it yet. Is anyone using one of those and how do you like 

it?


	


I got one for mine, too, but never had a chance to install it.  I was 

really looking forward to it.



I think some care may be necessary when flying it because the Ivo 

pitch motor is relatively slow compared to what you may be used to in 

more traditional engine oil-operated constant speed governors.  It 

may take it quite a few seconds to catch up to anything more than 

minor throttle changes.



I still like the idea and I'm likely to add one to my new 'fox.



Mike G.

N728KF, Kitfox IV-1200 Speedster

Phoenix, AZ

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clint_bazzill(at)hotmail.
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Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 2:19 pm Post subject: CAP - IFA Props was Kitfox mishap in Colorado

I have heard from Jim Chapman that it works to hard.  

 check with him and he will fill you in.

  

 Clint



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		   Date: Thu C 27 Nov 2008 15:10:17 -0700

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 From: MichaelGibbs(at)cox.net

 Subject: Re: CAP - IFA Props was Kitfox mishap in Colorado

 

 --> Kitfox-List message posted by: Michael Gibbs <MichaelGibbs(at)cox.net>

 

 Eric sez:

 

 >I bought a constant speed electronic gizmo for my IFA IVO. Haven't 

 >installed it yet. Is anyone using one of those and how do you like 

 >it?

 

 I got one for mine C too C but never had a chance to install it. I was 

 really looking forward to it.

 

 I think some care may be necessary when flying it because the Ivo 

 pitch motor is relatively slow compared to what you may be used to in 

 more traditional engine oil-operated constant speed governors. It 

 may take it quite a few seconds to catch up to anything more than 

 minor throttle changes.

 

 I still like the idea and I'm likely to add one to my new 'fox.

 

 Mike G.

 N728KF C Kitfox IV-1200 Sp============

 

 

 


	


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gary.algate(at)sandvik.co
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Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 3:14 pm Post subject: CAP - IFA Props was Kitfox mishap in Colorado

Hi Loyd, 

 

As I said previously  I had IVO IFA Props on my previous plane (582) so here's what I found. 

 

Initially I had the 3 blade ultralight IVO prop. I found that due to harmonic vibrations between the C Box and the three bladed prop the electric motor and gearbox would fail after about 50 Hrs. I persevered for about 150 hrs and then with recommendations from Ron at IVO I switched to a 2 bladed Medium. (IVO gave me a full credit on the Ultralight prop against the purchase of the medium prop.) 

 

Basically the system is very simple to operate and with the Fuel flow meter I had you were able to dial up the very best performance and fuel consumption for a given cruise speed. 

 

I could also dial up max RPM for take off on floats and then readjust for optimum cruise RPM. The difference between 6800 rpm and 6300 rpm on floats is pretty amazing and most of my buddies had to compromise with a 6200 to 6300 max static to prevent over revving and high EGT's in cruise. 

 

Only problem I found with IVO system is that it requires a fairly high rate of maintenance on the electric motor and gear box (100Hrs) but the  again even if it stopped working (as it did a few times) as long as you stayed within the recommended parameters you were always able to continue on as a fixed pitch system. 

 

With the Jabiru engines IFA props are not allowed - if they were, I would have one again in a heartbeat! 

 

Gary 

 



 

 Gary Algate

 Classic 4 Jab2200 

New Prop - cruise at 108mph!

 

 

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 All,

 With all the talk about cockpit adjustable propellers I would be interested

 in hearing how those of you who are flying behind them in your Kitfox have

 them set up, how you fly them and what your reasoning is behind your

 decisions.  Also what experiences / mishaps you have encountered. The reason

 I ask is that I have purchased one from John McBean for my 5 and will one

 day be learning to use it. 

 

 PS. After reading the info from the last posts about prop adjustments and

 the braking effect, is it possible the fellow in Colorado had his prop set

 for max climb at take off and reached max rev quickly after takeoff and then

 attempted to adjust the prop and went the wrong way, possibly flattening it

 out even more causing the aircraft to brake in air which might explain the

 pancake landing observed, and at that point did not have enough time or

 altitude to recover? Yes, TOTAL speculation.

 

 Thanks,

 Lloyd C

 Model 5 912 IVO IFA

 Michigan 

 

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 9:02 AM

  

 

 

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Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 5:20 am Post subject: CAP - IFA Props was Kitfox mishap in Colorado

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 All,

 With all the talk about cockpit adjustable propellers I  would be interested

 in hearing how those of you who are flying behind  them in your Kitfox have

 them set up, how you fly them and what your  reasoning is behind your

 decisions.  Also what experiences /  mishaps you have encountered. The reason

 I ask is that I have purchased  one from John McBean for my 5 and will one

 day be learning to use it.  

  
	


 I have eight years and over 400 hours on my NSI CAP with  no problems with it other than one time one of the brushes was stuck in the  holder and it wouldn't change pitch.  However that happened on the ground  so it was no problem.  Had it happened in the air it still wouldn't have  been a problem as I just wouldn't be able to change pitch.  It has complete  pitch authority right into reverse pitch that enables one to back up the  airplane if wanted.  

  

 The good thing about any cockpit adjustable prop (CAP) is  that you get maximum performance at all phases of flight.  As with any CAP  one doesn't need to compromise with a pitch angle as is with a ground adjustable  prop.  The learning curve is very shallow and easily overcome.  Simply  pitch for max HP on takeoff, add pitch during enroute climb, then add more pitch  when leveling off for cruise.  Very similar to going into overdrive.   I use a combination of engine rpm, manifold pressure, and fuel flow to set mine  for cruise.  

  

 There are several CAPs out there, including the IVO units,  GSC, Airmaster, and others.  All have had some teething problems, but  eventually most were sorted out.  NSI CAPs are no longer being produced.  

  

 The Airmaster is a very nice unit that is an actual  constant speed prop, but with electrical activation rather than  hydruaulics.  I met a guy at Oshkosh who gave good reviews on his, but I  don't know how many hours he had on it nor how many others are out there  performing.  It appeared very nicely built though.  He said it was  designed for the 912x engines.

 My advice to you Lloyd is mount that prop and go  fly.  You'll never go back to an engine without one.

  

 As for what happened to the guy in Colorado, it's futile  and pointless to speculate on it.  Eventually the NTSB report will spell it  all out.

  

 Deke Morisse

Mikado Michigan

S5/Subaru/CAP 402+  TT

"The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but  progress."

- Joseph Joubert

  

 



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 PS. After reading the info  from the last posts about prop adjustments and

 the braking effect, is it  possible the fellow in Colorado had his prop set

 for max climb at take  off and reached max rev quickly after takeoff and then

 attempted to  adjust the prop and went the wrong way, possibly flattening it

 out even  more causing the aircraft to brake in air which might explain the

  pancake landing observed, and at that point did not have enough time or

  altitude to recover? Yes, TOTAL speculation.

 

 Thanks,

  Lloyd C

 Model 5 912 IVO IFA

 Michigan 

 

 Checked  by AVG. 

 9:02 AM

 

 

 

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