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djpacro Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 1. "RE: Flying Figures with Fixed-Pitch..." 05-06-03, 10:47z  Two answers to that question: 1. I hire my Decathlon out and I expect the pilots to adhere strictly to the rpm limit of 2700 - I suggest they keep the rpm around 2500 to give a bit of margin and they soon learn to judge rpm by the sound. 2. I flew Guido Zuccoli's Pitts once and he told me not to throttle back at all - I had to force myself to disregard the tacho. If you've ever heard a Pitts wind up at an airshow it could easily be doing 3500 rpm or so. I never liked to abuse my own engine that much and the extra thrust wasn't really noticeable. I'd take our own Pitts/Laser to 3000. Until you can judge the rpm by sound, determine what airspeed results in your max rpm at full throttle - so that anytime below that airspeed you can use full throttle. Regards, Dave Pilkington Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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Subject      Author      Message Date     ID      Flying Figures with Fixed-Pitch Typ...    TomParsons       05-05-03              RE: Flying Figures with Fixed-Pitch...    djpacro       05-06-03       1         RE: Flying Figures with Fixed-Pitch...    KendalSimpson       05-06-03       2         RE: Flying Figures with Fixed-Pitch...    TomParsons       05-07-03       3         RE: Flying Figures with Fixed-Pitch...    Patty_Wagstaff       05-16-03       4         RE: Flying Figures with Fixed-Pitch...    TomParsons       05-19-03       5

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