09-20-2006, 07:24 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Chesterfield, Missouri
Posts: 4,514
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Originally Posted by Kyle Boatright
There are aircraft with >200 hp with fixed pitch props.
A couple of examples that use the same engine (the 235 hp version) as the RV-10 are the Cherokee 235 and Pathfinders (same thing) which can be found with either fixed pitch or constant speed units.
Of course, the speed range for that aircraft isn't as wide as say, an RV-10, so the performance compromise isn't as severe.
In pre-WWII days, Gladiators and Hurricanes, both of which had 900 hp or more were fitted with fixed pitch props. Later, the Hurricanes were all retrofitted with variable pitch props... Dunno about the Gladiators.
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Kyle, I believe the early ME-109's had a FP wood prop also with 700-800 HP.
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