RCU Forums - View Single Post - Matched engine speed
View Single Post
Old 01-23-2003 | 11:06 PM
  #7  
DICKEYBIRD's Avatar
DICKEYBIRD
Senior Member
 
Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 2,749
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
From: Collierville, TN
Default Matched engine speed

Originally posted by mulligan
Before matching engines, don't forget to match props!! Otherwise, matching engine RPMs is meaningless.

Take a few props (of the same size, Jim ), and run them on the same engine at full throttle. Match the props in pairs that have the closest RPMs.
I go one step further on my small engine powered twin. If they just don't sound right in the air, I have swapped props from one side to the other and got a "sweeter" sounding match.