ORIGINAL: Geistware
What I understand about pattern is that the desire is to maintain a constant speed.
The higher pitch propellers are good for this.
In SA, you bleed off a LOT of energy with some of the maneuvers so you need a lot of thrust to recover.
I would be interested in the reason for this bc it seems to me that the opposite would be true. It seems like a higher pitched prop would recover more slowly from speed loss but would have a higher top speed.