Fred, All will be revealed in due course in the Europa
Flyer, but I was slowing in the hope of stopping the
engine rotating. It will glide nicely at 1:12 with the
engine idling, at 70kts, but I suspect it would go
slightly better with the prop stopped
Regards, David
Fred Klein <fklein@orcasonline.com> wrote:
> Aha...so, if I'm understanding your concerns correctly,
> the sticky dilemma is the realization that in the event
>of an engine shutdown, your range to an emergency landing
>will be sharply limited w/ a forward speed of only 50
>kts....?... What was your sink rate and estimated L/D
>in this configuration?
>
>F.
>
> On Aug 12, 2013, at 7:59 AM, David Joyce wrote:
>
>> Fred, You can buy them with full feathering or indeed
>>with reverse thrust, but I have just the standard one.
>>Regards, David
>>
>> Fred Klein <fklein@orcasonline.com> wrote:
>>> On Aug 12, 2013, at 2:04 AM, David Joyce wrote:
>>>> Yesterday I was experimenting with this in order to
>>>>research glide angles with engine idling and actually
>>>>stopped. I was frustrated in this because with the
>>>>ignition off my prop continued to windmill with the speed
>>>>pulled right back to 50kts. This is with a Rotax 914 and
>>>>a Woodcomp SR3000W
>>> David...can we presume that the SR3000W controller does
>>>NOT have a full-feathering position?
>>> F.
>>
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