Re: Re: Prop Thrust Angles

From: LeRoy C Cordes <lcordes_at_juno.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:39:18 -0600

Thanks John - that makes sense to me - TLAR is how I do most of my stuff.

LeRoy Cordes
AMA 16974
Chicago, IL
In God We Trust

On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:56:32 -0000 "John Kagan" <john_kagan_at_hotmail.com>
writes:
> --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, LeRoy C Cordes
> <lcordes_at_...> wrote:
> >
> > I am putting together Alan Cohen's MiniSlick and have a question.
> He
> > specifies 0 degrees downthrust and 3 degrees left thrust on the
> prop
> > hanger. How the devil do you guys manage something like 3 degrees
>
> left ?
>
> Also keep in mind that the original model most likely didn't have
> it's
> thrust angle set in any super-accurate manner. It gets adjusted to
> fly
> well and then once it sets a record or something and the designer
> needs
> to make a drawing, then comes the "ok, what does that thrust angle
> look
> like?"
>
> To me, "3 degrees" means "a decent amount", i.e. "not straight",
> and "more than a little" :)
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LeRoy Cordes
AMA 16974
Chicago, IL
In God We Trust
Received on Mon Feb 11 2008 - 06:47:33 CET