REFLECTOR: CATTO

[Chuck Jensen]

Tom,

Take Ronnie's word for it.  We're all talking generalities and subjective assessments.  Catto has the hard numbers, then you can decide based on your mission profile.  What won't change is the tradeoffs....climb, cruise, weight and money...you pick your pleasure.

Chuck

-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org]On
Behalf Of Ron Brown
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 8:44 AM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: CATTO


But he does have an IO540 hanging on the rear so he doesn't need as flat a 
pitch as a IO360 would need.

Tom, I'd suggest giving Craig Catto a call (209-754-3553).  He can give you 
a pretty good idea of what the climb and cruise props would do for you at 
that altitude.  He KNOWS his props!!!

He even has a new web page on Velocity IO540 props: 
http://cattoprops.com/html/velocity_xl_props.html

Ronnie


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Fast" <onefastvelocity at yahoo.com>
To: <Jim_Agnew_2 at yahoo.com>; "Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list" 
<reflector at tvbf.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 8:32 AM
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: CATTO


> That might be a little over stated, but at his density
> altitude with a 173, and the fact that he now cruises
> at 195kt,I believe he would loose close to that much,
> unless he had a real long runway to depart from.
>
>   Dan
> --- Jim Agnew <jim_agnew_2 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Dan,
>>
>> Do you really believe that you will lose "40" KTS!!
>>
>> Jim
>> --- Dan Fast <onefastvelocity at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > Tom at your airport altitude and with your
>> Airplane a
>> > fixed pitch prop would cost you 40kts min at
>> cruise.
>> >   Dan
>> > --- Tom Martino <tmartino at troubleshooter.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > > 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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