Re: [RCSE] Props to spin or not to spin

There seems to be a lot of controversy going around the list on this one, and a lot of misinformation about whether it's less draggy to stop the prop or let it freewheel in a power-off glide. The biggest problem is that everyone seems to think there's a "one size fits all" answer. As in most qu

Re: [RCSE] Props to spin or not to spin

<< I dunno how true this is, but I recall reading in a full scale airplane magazine that an unfeathered, spinning prop creates more drag then a solid disk of the same diameter! >> Jim: I fly only RC gliders but have lots of time in full size prop airplanes. Fortunately I have no actual experi

Re: [RCSE] Props to spin or not to spin

I dunno how true this is, but I recall reading in a full scale airplane magazine that an unfeathered, spinning prop creates more drag then a solid disk of the same diameter! At 06:46 PM 9/25/03 -0700, Lynn & Meredith King wrote: >High Jim, Lynn King, Anacortes WA. here. >I have yet to see any powe

Re: [RCSE] Props

> Hello gents, does anyone of you know a company making folding > propellers bigger than 17-13 ?. Many thanks in advance Mike Popescu Hmmm? What are you up to Mike? A monster Electric Pelican? Randy Bullard RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubs

[RCSE] Props

Hello gents, does anyone of you know a company making folding propellers bigger than 17-13 ?. Many thanks in advance Mike RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]