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Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur
Looks great.
Whats the RPM, pitch and thrust of your props?
We went for 2 smaller 16" props with an 8 pitch spinning at 5000 RPM, which gives us ~ 4.8 LBS force.
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We're running the prop directly off the CIM because with that size blade we kept tripping breakers trying to gear it up. The pitch is 10, with a special cut on the blades to give it more forward push (I think the blade says 3DA, which we figured out was a 10 pitch). We got about 5 lbs of thrust exactly on our little thrust rig. We do plan on experimenting with an 8 pitch before the regional though.
Yeah, I have a feeling those of us with working props will have a fun time at the regionals.
-Greg