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From: "david joyce" <davidjoyce@beeb.net>
Subject: Perils of checking static RPM
>In response to the PFA's insistence on knowing Max static rpm for my new
Kremen CS >prop at fine pitch and max power I yesterday wound up the engine
facing a 12 knot wind >with brake on and max up elevator. At about 80% power
the plane nosed over.
We avoid this problem by tying a rope to the axle extensions on the
tailwheel, and then driving a car onto the rope just behind the wheel, so
the car tire holds the rope. Quick, simple, and effective.
In fact, we generally use the rope that we keep as a "towbar," which has
loops permanently tied in both ends for hooking onto the tailwheel axle
extensions. One person can easily pull the airplane back into the hangar
(or elsewhere) this way, and the rope is easy to take along on trips.
Dave DeFord
N135TD
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