Prop Pitch measuring method
01-19-2003 | 04:29 AM
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Prop Pitch measuring method
I have been given 50 props all the same size - 12 X ? . Does anyone have a good method of measuring the pitch?
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Ryan
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01-19-2003 | 11:39 AM
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Prop Pitch measuring method
Compare hub thickness with a commercially made 12 inch prop. If the hubs are the same thickness and its a wood prop... 99% chance its the same pitch.
There is a way to use trigonometry and by measring the angle of the blade at a given distance fromt he hub... you can figure the pitch. I forget the formula... but its nort hard to figure out. Use the circumference for the circle at the place you measured the angle as the base of a 90 deg triangle.
There is a way to use trigonometry and by measring the angle of the blade at a given distance fromt he hub... you can figure the pitch. I forget the formula... but its nort hard to figure out. Use the circumference for the circle at the place you measured the angle as the base of a 90 deg triangle.
