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Re: Europa-List: Re: Europa-List: propeller torque

Subject: Re: Europa-List: Re: Europa-List: propeller torque
From: Frans Veldman <frans@paardnatuurlijk.nl>
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:46:14

Carl Pattinson wrote:

> Whilst I can see how the device works it occurrs to me that increasing
> the distance of the torque measuring device from the bolt centre will
> affect the actual torque applied to the bolt head. Surely there has to
> be an adjustment in the setting to compensate for this.

You are right. You have to apply a conversion factor here. On the
internet, I even found a few online calculators for this purpose
(although the math is trivial).

How did you torque the propeller?

-- 
Frans Veldman



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