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Old 04-23-2004 | 07:56 PM
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DBCherry
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Default RE: Nylon spinner

As Kirk (Montague) just mentioned, buying a smaller spinner will very likely restrict airflow, not improve it.

You size a spinner so that the backplate is close in size to the front of the cowl so airflows around the cowl more easily. How much prop is covered by the spinner makes little or no difference. Most of the work is done by the outer portions of the prop, not the inner.
Dennis-