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Old 11-22-2006 | 02:00 PM
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Default RE: Another Myth busted?

I think that low pitch prop business is another myth. I think the 3D guys are circulating
this myth, because they use low pitch props.

It is not possible for a lower pitch prop to give more thrust than a higher pitch prop,
unless the high pitch prop is stalled...or as a water prop...cavatating.

If you were to draw that out to it's logical conclusion....a 1" pitch prop would deliver
more static thrust than an 10" pitch prop.

I don't think so. The more pitch (thrust angle) you have in a propeller, the more thrust
you will have at any RPM.

Besides that, what good is static thrust ?....a measurement of how hard you cal pull on a
fishing scale ? That measurement, and a two dollar bill will get you a cup of coffee
almost anywhere.

FBD.