Winter / Focus / Fuel/Electric.

[John Ferrell]

As I am sure you are aware, full scale pilots have been taught for many
years that a windmilling prop creates more drag that a stopped prop.

How do you determine what rpm generates the most drag?

John Ferrell
6241 Phillippi Rd
Julian NC 27283
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Cronkhite" <seefo at san.rr.com>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 4:28 PM
Subject: RE: Winter / Focus / Fuel/Electric.


>
> Well.. you fix that by setting a good idle speed before you take off. You
> never let the motor stop in flight for a few reasons.. 1) as you
> described, it looks weird.. 2) a stopped prop is not the best solution for
> downline breaking.. 3) the start/stop is hard on the gears..
>
> -Doug


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