prophecy Fixed Gear

[ronlock at comcast.net]

I suspect the original research on that question was by Peter Goldsmith, 
during design of his Carerra.  It was the only fixed gear bird in the F3A line
at a Nationals in mid 1990's.  Peter found that conventional gear retracted into a door-less well had more drag than fixed gear with pants.
That was the start of fixed gear becoming popular.

Ron Lockhart

>...John - Are you saying the the retract cutouts cause more drag than the 
fixed gear with wheel pants?

Ron Van Putte<

> 
> On Feb 18, 2004, at 10:57 AM, John Ferrell wrote:
> 
> > I was unaware of the 160 engine. It will probably be necessary to shut 
> > down
> > the engine to land. A fixed gear Prophecy does well on a standard 
> > YS120.
> > Retracts seem to raise the power requirements somewhat.
> 
> John - Are you saying the the retract cutouts cause more drag than the 
> fixed gear with wheel pants?
> 
> Ron Van Putte
> 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "jim ivey" <jivey61 at msn.com>
> > To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 10:55 PM
> > Subject: re: prophecy ?
> >
> >
> >> Tim
> >> All the posts I have seen about your Prophecy are correct. 3/8 throw 
> >> is
> > more
> >> than enough all the way around. My concern would be that you will 
> >> have a
> >> bullet on your hands with the power of the 160. Not trying to scare 
> >> you
> > but
> >> I would not fly it over 1/2 throttle, maybe 7000 rpm. The plane 
> >> grooves
> > like
> >> no other sport plane you will ever have and can really scoot at full
> >> throttle. I have had 2 prophecys and I powered the first one with a YS
> > 140FZ
> >> which was more than enough power.
> >> Plan on cruising around easy at first to get used to it and you won't 
> >> have
> >> any problem with the plane. Just go easy on the power.
> >>
> >> jim Ivey
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> jivey61 at msn.com
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> From: Tim Wortkoetter <twortkoetter at yahoo.com>
> >>> Reply-To: discussion at nsrca.org
> >>> To: nsrca <discussion at nsrca.org>
> >>> Subject: re: prophecy ?
> >>> Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 18:38:31 -0800 (PST)
> >>>
> >>> John,
> >>>
> >>> I just set up the control throws and the elevator
> >>> doesn't look like 3/8" isn't very much.  I have never
> >>> flown anything like this before so I just want to make
> >>> sure that it is enough.  I usually have more throw on
> >>> my extra and sport planes.  Still in the learning
> >>> curve and if there is anything I should know about my
> >>> first time flying a 2m please let me know.  Thanks in
> >>> advance.
> >>>
> >>> Tim Wortkoetter
> >>>
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