REFLECTOR: PROP STRIKES

[Tom Martino]

Is the potential for prop strikes present in all Velocities?  Or am I just more susceptible due to my airframe-engine combo?

 

 I find with the short fuselage (Elite) and a big engine (IO-540), I can not rotate much on takeoff.  (I tested it with prop at lowest point, and tilted the nose up).  I can only rotate 5-degrees.

 

 It is not as shallow as you may think.  After finding this out I flew my other planes ... and found that I seldom, if ever, rotate more than 5-degrees anyway.

 

However ... it is a concern.  So far I have not had a problem - either taking off or landing.

 

My MT 4-blade prop can only be shortened another ½ inch - so I doubt that will make much of a difference.

 

If this just a risk we all live with?  Or just some of us?  Or just me?

 

(The good news is ... with that airframe-engine combo ... I can attain 200 knots indicated ... at less than 75% power ... I suspect I could blow through it at will at 75% power.)

 

Any info is always appreciated!

 

Tom Martino    

 

 

 

 

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