When I was running the three blade warp drive on my corvair engine, I had the prop set at 19° and could turn only 3100 static. Bob, I would venture to bet your tach is bad.
Mark Jones (N886MJ) Wales, WI USA E-mail me at flyk...@wi.rr.com Visit my NEW KR-2S CorvAIRCRAFT web site at www.flykr2s.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martindale Family" <johnja...@optusnet.com.au> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 6:15 PM Subject: Re: KR> Max. HP > Hi Bob > > Are you sure that tacho reading is correct? I have a 56" 3 blade Warp Drive > prop on a 2700cc Corvair and get about static 3200 rpm at a 17 degree blade > angle. There is no way I could get 3700rpm from 25 degrees.....maybe I'm way > down on power...hmmm. > > John > > Martindale Family > 29 Jane Circuit > TOORMINA NSW 2452 > AUSTRALIA > > ph: 61 2 66584767 > email: johnja...@optusnet.com.au > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Sauer" <resa...@cox.net> > To: <kr...@mylist.net> > Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2005 11:56 AM > Subject: KR> Max. HP > > > > I have a three blade Warp Drive prop on my Corvair engine. How do you set > the throttle to achieve max hp and also achieve 2900 rpm static for the > prop? On the Warp Drive blade setting device, I now have the prop set at 25 > degrees, which appears to be quite a twist. The engine will still run up to > 3700 rpm. Seems like I am chasing two unknowns at the same time. Help > please? > > > > Bob Sauer > > Sun City West, AZ > > _______________________________________ > > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >
