"taller" Landing gear

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Re: "taller" Landing gear

Post by BRS »

Yes, I too did the nose elastomer pack a few years ago. It raised my nose and lowered the the tail.

Peter, you must have the tall gear to be getting 25.2" at the skid. I have the same now after the installing this gear strut. How do you like that composite prop? How much larger is the diameter?
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Re: "taller" Landing gear

Post by perossichi »

I believe diameter of composite prop is 8 inches greater.

Beautiful looking prop. I don’t have anything to compare it to so hard to say on performance. STC allows for continuous operation to 2700 rpm. I do run 2500 rpm for fast cruise at times.

After dynamic balancing, runs very smooth. I heard someone say that the very wide blade is good for high altitude ops. I have had plane up to nearly fl180 and it still wants to climb.

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