Re: Stus-List Prop pitch help!

2020-05-16 Thread Joe Della Barba via CnC-List
What is your RPM? If the pitch is too flat (low),  it is like being stuck in 2nd gear. You will accelerate well and have plenty of reserve to punch through chop, but redline RPM will give you some speed lower than hull speed. If the pitch is a little too coarse (high), you will hit hullspeed

Re: Stus-List Prop pitch help!

2020-05-16 Thread Josh Muckley via CnC-List
What's your HP and gear ratio? On Sat, May 16, 2020, 08:22 Chuck Saur via CnC-List wrote: > Does any 37+ owner with a Universal M35 and maxprop feathering three blade > know their prop pitch? Mine is set at 22 degrees but last year I could not > get beyond 5.5 knots. PYI manual specs that pitc

Stus-List Prop pitch help!

2020-05-16 Thread Chuck Saur via CnC-List
Does any 37+ owner with a Universal M35 and maxprop feathering three blade know their prop pitch? Mine is set at 22 degrees but last year I could not get beyond 5.5 knots. PYI manual specs that pitch. It looks entirely too flat to me. Help?!? -- *Chuck Saur* 517 490-5926 Cell