How to determine engine down thrust angle
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Does anyone have an "easy to use"technique to determine what the static engine down thrust is?
I can establish a datum line at 0 degrees. The engine has been mounted but currently is sitting in a box (doin' a bit of reconstruction due to unknown damage). I have a large selection of props (9"up to 14"). Someone had shared that static left / right thrust could be deterimed by measuring from both tips of a 12" prop back to the fuse end (48"). Each 3/16" difference equated to 1 degree.
TIA,
I can establish a datum line at 0 degrees. The engine has been mounted but currently is sitting in a box (doin' a bit of reconstruction due to unknown damage). I have a large selection of props (9"up to 14"). Someone had shared that static left / right thrust could be deterimed by measuring from both tips of a 12" prop back to the fuse end (48"). Each 3/16" difference equated to 1 degree.
TIA,
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That's pretty close. I get a difference of 3/16" equals .89 degrees. (3/16 difference = 3/32 per side, on a 12" prop that gives an angle whose sin is .093/6 or .889 degrees).



