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09-16-2014, 07:29 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Calgary, Canada
Posts: 5,766
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Geico266
Something needs to be done. Hard for any RV or Rocket to compete against a 650hp Mustang. 
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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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09-16-2014, 02:15 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
Posts: 167
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Close speed : more fun!

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09-16-2014, 03:39 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Pasadena CA
Posts: 2,484
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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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Stephen Samuelian, CFII, A&P IA, CTO
RV4 wing in Jig @ KPOC
RV7 emp built
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09-16-2014, 06:03 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Sydney, Australia
Posts: 427
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Quote:
Originally Posted by flyingriki
Old Hartzell, but seems to have come in behind a Catto...sorry, I'm biased...
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Are you saying that a fixed pitch prop came in faster?
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Doug Gray
RV-6 completed, flying since July 2010
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09-16-2014, 07:08 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 464
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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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09-16-2014, 08:02 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: 08A
Posts: 9,500
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Quote:
Originally Posted by C-FAH Q
You wanna go real fast, put a fixed pitch on a RV and spin it at 3000 rpm+
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You wanna go fast, put a Hartzell on it and spin it at 3000 
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Dan Horton
RV-8 SS
Barrett IO-390
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09-16-2014, 08:32 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Dayton Airpark, NV A34
Posts: 15,420
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A slick airframe like an Eze helps too...................
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Mike Starkey
VAF 909
Rv-10, N210LM.
Flying as of 12/4/2010
Phase 1 done, 2/4/2011 
Sold after 240+ wonderful hours of flight.
"Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about it."
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09-16-2014, 10:11 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Flathead Lake Montana - 8S1
Posts: 334
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Geico266
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.
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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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'83 LongEZ - N888EZ 3,671 hours
'89 LimoEZ - N26EZ 686 hours (sold)
A couple of Glasairs and a Lancair 320...
Next: a RV14 need something to build
Last edited by deek : 09-17-2014 at 02:04 AM.
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09-16-2014, 11:31 PM
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Senior Curmudgeon
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Dayton Airpark, NV A34
Posts: 15,420
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Quote:
Originally Posted by deek
Klaus ran a parallel valve O-360, not a 409. .
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Different Eze.............there were two of them racing. Klaus, and Ben Fouts.

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Mike Starkey
VAF 909
Rv-10, N210LM.
Flying as of 12/4/2010
Phase 1 done, 2/4/2011 
Sold after 240+ wonderful hours of flight.
"Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about it."
Last edited by Mike S : 09-17-2014 at 12:12 AM.
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09-17-2014, 03:17 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Kansas City, MO
Posts: 120
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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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