I have a really nice and new to me 500 hr 9A with an 0320, 9.1 cr and one light speed ignition with 1 mag.
With this prop and the 2600 rpm limit I feel like I'm leaving some performance and a few kts on the table.
Mostly I fly between 10,000 to 15,000 feet over the rocks in Western Canada as well as high DA airports.
I'm wondering what most of you guys are running for props and what kind of performance your getting?
Myself at 8200' DA I can pull 164 Kts TAS at 2630 RPM.
The engine is strong and will pull more RPM then that except I start getting that vibration that its placarded on so I need to back off to 2600 and 161 kts.
At 15,020 DA Im 156 kts TAS at 2550 RPM at peak power. I was still going up at 600 fpm when I leveled off.
Climbing out of CYQF at a DA of 3000 ASL its somewhere around the 1300 fpm.
Maybe a csp is an option and would help on the climb but that is a big expense.
With all the options on composite props, ground adjustable I'm thinking that maybe there is still performance left on the table?
Just wondering what everyone else is running and getting for performance?
Thanks
Tim
With this prop and the 2600 rpm limit I feel like I'm leaving some performance and a few kts on the table.
Mostly I fly between 10,000 to 15,000 feet over the rocks in Western Canada as well as high DA airports.
I'm wondering what most of you guys are running for props and what kind of performance your getting?
Myself at 8200' DA I can pull 164 Kts TAS at 2630 RPM.
The engine is strong and will pull more RPM then that except I start getting that vibration that its placarded on so I need to back off to 2600 and 161 kts.
At 15,020 DA Im 156 kts TAS at 2550 RPM at peak power. I was still going up at 600 fpm when I leveled off.
Climbing out of CYQF at a DA of 3000 ASL its somewhere around the 1300 fpm.
Maybe a csp is an option and would help on the climb but that is a big expense.
With all the options on composite props, ground adjustable I'm thinking that maybe there is still performance left on the table?
Just wondering what everyone else is running and getting for performance?
Thanks
Tim