REFLECTOR: RE: CATTO

[Chuck Jensen]

Tom,
 
Making tradeoffs may be a bit more accurate than "sacrificing
performance.' with a fixed pitch prop.  With a climb prop, your cruise
suffers, with a cruise prop, your climb suffers, but if you go to a CS
prop, your weight and wallet suffer.  Pick your poison...or your
pleasure.  Some swear by the CS prop (I'm an MT user), especially with
the XLRG with the 540--heavier and benefits from the extra boost,
others, through testing and judicious mission analysis, are perfectly
satisfied with a FP that combines decent climb with good cruise.  The
only certainty in choosing between a CS and FP is you need to have an
extra 10,000 good reasons for going with the CS.
 
Chuck
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org]On
Behalf Of Tom Martino
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 12:12 AM
To: reflector at www.tvbf.org
Subject: CATTO



I seem to remember someone talking up the Catto prop for their Velocity.
I'd like to hear a first hand experience ... how is it pitched and do
you get adequate performance at cruise?

 

I was told ... not matter how you look at it you sacrifice performance
with a fixed pitch.  Your thoughts from first hand experience?

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