MARZ Posted January 12, 2012 Report Posted January 12, 2012 Quote: maniago BTW, never had horse jerky. Is it any good? Quote
maniago Posted January 12, 2012 Author Report Posted January 12, 2012 Hmmm odd looking beast... Quote
maniago Posted January 12, 2012 Author Report Posted January 12, 2012 Quote: rbridges We're short people in my family. I'm 5'8, wife 5'7, my folks (getting) smaller haha. Kids, damn kids, are 5'10. So if I'm in the upper left, who can fit in the rear left? And a 5'10 kid in the upper right, who in the back right, so to speak? Again, if its airline style ala American or Delta back of the bus-class or better, then its all GTG by my standards. Comments? Quote
DonMuncy Posted January 12, 2012 Report Posted January 12, 2012 How accurate do you want to know the prop diameter. If within an inch, I would rotate the prop with a blade straight up and drop a tape measure down behind the spinner to the top and down to the ground. Then swing the prop until a blade is straight down and measure to the ground. Naturally the prop diameter is the difference. Quote
Hank Posted January 12, 2012 Report Posted January 12, 2012 Duh! Now that I'm not standing in front of the plane with a tape measure and tunnel vision, it's obvious and simple. Measure from the pointy end of the spinner to the ground. Turn prop to put one blade straight down, measure ground clearance. Subracting these two numbers gives propellor radius, and two radii equal one diameter. Still Quote
Hank Posted January 12, 2012 Report Posted January 12, 2012 Duh! Now that I'm not standing in front of the plane with a tape measure and tunnel vision, it's obvious and simple. Measure from the pointy end of the spinner to the ground. Turn prop to put one blade straight down, measure ground clearance. Subracting these two numbers gives propellor radius, and two radii equal one diameter. Still the Quote
Hank Posted January 12, 2012 Report Posted January 12, 2012 Duh! Now that I'm not standing in front of the plane with a tape measure and tunnel vision, it's obvious and simple. Measure from the pointy end of the spinner to the ground. Turn prop to put one blade straight down, measure ground clearance. Subracting these two numbers gives propellor radius, and two radii equal one diameter. Still the same d Quote
Hank Posted January 12, 2012 Report Posted January 12, 2012 Duh! Now that I'm not standing in front of the plane with a tape measure and tunnel vision, it's obvious and simple. Measure from the pointy end of the spinner to the ground. Turn prop to put one blade straight down, measure ground clearance. Subracting these two numbers gives propellor radius, and two radii equal one diameter. Still the same diameter a Quote
Hank Posted January 12, 2012 Report Posted January 12, 2012 Duh! Now that I'm not standing in front of the plane with a tape measure and tunnel vision, it's obvious and simple. Measure from the pointy end of the spinner to the ground. Turn prop to put one blade straight down, measure ground clearance. Subracting these two numbers gives propellor radius, and two radii equal one diameter. Still the same diameter and Quote
Hank Posted January 12, 2012 Report Posted January 12, 2012 Duh! Now that I'm not standing in front of the plane with a tape measure and tunnel vision, it's obvious and simple. Measure from the pointy end of the spinner to the ground. Turn prop to put one blade straight down, measure ground clearance. Subracting these two numbers gives propellor radius, and two radii equal one diameter. Still the same diameter and ground c Quote
Hank Posted January 12, 2012 Report Posted January 12, 2012 Duh! Now that I'm not standing in front of the plane with a tape measure and tunnel vision, it's obvious and simple. Measure from the pointy end of the spinner to the ground. Turn prop to put one blade straight down, measure ground clearance. Subracting these two numbers gives propellor radius, and two radii equal one diameter. Still the same diameter and ground clearance a Quote
Hank Posted January 12, 2012 Report Posted January 12, 2012 Duh! Now that I'm not standing in front of the plane with a tape measure and tunnel vision, it's obvious and simple. Measure from the pointy end of the spinner to the ground. Turn prop to put one blade straight down, measure ground clearance. Subracting these two numbers gives propellor radius, and two radii equal one diameter. Still the same diameter and ground clearance a Quote
Hank Posted January 12, 2012 Report Posted January 12, 2012 Duh! Now that I'm not standing in front of the plane with a tape measure and tunnel vision, it's obvious and simple. Measure from the pointy end of the spinner to the ground. Turn prop to put one blade straight down, measure ground clearance. Subracting these two numbers gives propellor radius, and two radii equal one diameter. Still the same diameter and ground clearance as Quote
Hank Posted January 12, 2012 Report Posted January 12, 2012 Duh! Now that I'm not standing in front of the plane with a tape measure and tunnel vision, it's obvious and simple. Measure from the pointy end of the spinner to the ground. Turn prop to put one blade straight down, measure ground clearance. Subracting these two numbers gives propellor radius, and two radii equal one diameter. Still the same diameter and ground clearance as a Quote
Hank Posted January 12, 2012 Report Posted January 12, 2012 Duh! Now that I'm not standing in front of the plane with a tape measure and tunnel vision, it's obvious and simple. Measure from the pointy end of the spinner to the ground. Turn prop to put one blade straight down, measure ground clearance. Subracting these two numbers gives propellor radius, and two radii equal one diameter. Still the same diameter and ground clearance as a 2-blade, u Quote
Hank Posted January 12, 2012 Report Posted January 12, 2012 Duh! Now that I'm not standing in front of the plane with a tape measure and tunnel vision, it's obvious and simple. Measure from the pointy end of the spinner to the ground. Turn prop to put one blade straight down, measure ground clearance. Subracting these two numbers gives propellor radius, and two radii equal one diameter. Still the same diameter and ground clearance as a 2-blade, unless Quote
Hank Posted January 12, 2012 Report Posted January 12, 2012 Duh! Now that I'm not standing in front of the plane with a tape measure and tunnel vision, it's obvious and simple. Measure from the pointy end of the spinner to the ground. Turn prop to put one blade straight down, measure ground clearance. Subracting these two numbers gives propellor radius, and two radii equal one diameter. Still the same diameter and ground clearance as a 2-blade, unless someone h Quote
Hank Posted January 12, 2012 Report Posted January 12, 2012 Duh! Now that I'm not standing in front of the plane with a tape measure and tunnel vision, it's obvious and simple. Measure from the pointy end of the spinner to the ground. Turn prop to put one blade straight down, measure ground clearance. Subracting these two numbers gives propellor radius, and two radii equal one diameter. Still the same diameter and ground clearance as a 2-blade, unless someone has t Quote
Hank Posted January 12, 2012 Report Posted January 12, 2012 Duh! Now that I'm not standing in front of the plane with a tape measure and tunnel vision, it's obvious and simple. Measure from the pointy end of the spinner to the ground. Turn prop to put one blade straight down, measure ground clearance. Subracting these two numbers gives propellor radius, and two radii equal one diameter. Still the same diameter and ground clearance as a 2-blade, unless someone has the smaller MT prop I just learned about today. Durn it! Bit again by the multi-repeating post. Fingers weren't near "Enter" either--I was trying to type "MT"! Quote
MARZ Posted January 12, 2012 Report Posted January 12, 2012 comon boy spit it out.... (and I thought I was a post monger) Quote
Hank Posted January 12, 2012 Report Posted January 12, 2012 Gee, this is the only place that I stutter when I type! Quote
DonMuncy Posted January 12, 2012 Report Posted January 12, 2012 Geez Hank, you sure know how to make me feel dumb. Your way is way easier than mine. Quote
maniago Posted January 12, 2012 Author Report Posted January 12, 2012 Man, this is the oddest group of forums I've ever been on - wierd animal pics, horse jerky, repeating posts, and how to measure your prop in 20 different ways. Next up: plusses and minuses of "Look-Ma!-No-hands-landings" explained - grass, tarmac and water (extra credit). I might buy in just for stories I get to tell to my FBO lounge-rats....! Quote
MARZ Posted January 12, 2012 Report Posted January 12, 2012 Why yes dear - my Mooney CAN land in the water . . . . . Once! Quote
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