While motoring in forward gear, run the engine at full throttle. Your engine should be able to reach maximum, or close to maximum rated rpm. If not, your pitch is to high. If the engine runs much higher than maximum rated rpm at full throttle, your pitch is too low.
Alan Bergen 35 Mk III Thirsty Rose City YC Portland, OR On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 2:18 PM, Bunky via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Luna is a 1984 C&C 35 with a Yanmar 3gm30 engine. Does anyone know what > the proper propeller pitch should be? She has an aftermarket Maxiprop, and > based on engine performance, I believe the pitch may be set too high. > > Richard > Luna, Lake Champlain, VT > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://urldefense. > proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.paypal.me_stumurray&d= > DwICAg&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=9w3G7 > Cf8YfQnrjmtuNxwDJYr3JMv9f1pAfgAJ9xXYQQ&m=SIgdw_VNv2aYuYBIiP9 > 132yL5Tf25-eb158mHK45k-4&s=veOqs6D_FOgishyZRlxruce5bZIVYxeuZ3Ha5pbNrvA&e= > >
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