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Old 09-16-2014, 07:29 AM
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Something needs to be done. Hard for any RV or Rocket to compete against a 650hp Mustang.
The RVs are not really competing against the high powered stuff in Sport Class. More RVs can only help the sport even if it's a bit of a procession.
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Old 09-16-2014, 02:15 PM
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Old 09-16-2014, 03:39 PM
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Everyone elses speeds were consistent race to race. The Hartzell made the difference. Kevin would NEVER have put the Hartzell on if it didn't. Whats amazing is that this is a BONE STOCK RV 8, I was admiring what hadn't been done. Stock cowl, 4 into 4 exhaust, no taping, speed tricks... nothing. Can you imagine a 7497 or WhirlWind prop on that beast?

Also, FWIW Charlie Greer is a 'rookie' in Sport, but knows his way around the course from YEARS in F1 and Biplane. He's no rookie :-), and his -6 has the mods to prove it.

The only thing that kept it from being a GREAT race year was the lost of Lee and the GP5.
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Old 09-16-2014, 06:03 PM
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Old Hartzell, but seems to have come in behind a Catto...sorry, I'm biased...
Are you saying that a fixed pitch prop came in faster?
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Old 09-16-2014, 07:08 PM
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You wanna go real fast, put a fixed pitch on a RV and spin it at 3000 rpm+
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Old 09-16-2014, 08:02 PM
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You wanna go real fast, put a fixed pitch on a RV and spin it at 3000 rpm+
You wanna go fast, put a Hartzell on it and spin it at 3000
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Old 09-16-2014, 08:32 PM
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A slick airframe like an Eze helps too...................
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Old 09-16-2014, 10:11 PM
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Went from a 3 blade to a 2 blade Hartzell (old style airfoil) prop. Reportedly gained 7 knots. still couldn't beat the 409 Varisleazy in the final division race.
Klaus ran a parallel valve O-360, not a 409. 2,730 rpm on the course with a "homebuilt" fixed prop. It will be tough for an RV-4/8 (much less a 6 cyl Rocket) to outrun an EZ like Klaus'

Klaus has **a lot** more speed to extract from his relatively new LongEZ; look how fast his O-200 Varieze is.
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Old 09-16-2014, 11:31 PM
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Klaus ran a parallel valve O-360, not a 409. .
Different Eze.............there were two of them racing. Klaus, and Ben Fouts.



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Old 09-17-2014, 03:17 PM
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I clocked a 273 average lap speed with my 4 cylinders.. And it carried 2 people, tools, spares and 10 days worth of stuff from Kansas City.

Wait till you see the video!
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