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Joined: Wed Oct 21, 2009 6:57 pm Posts: 230 Location: Barrie, Ontario,Canada
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Guys,
I was out for my second Thorp flight since last fall. I played around with power settings and found that by cruising at 2200 rpm and 24" , I got 160 mph where as last fall at 2350 squared got me 155 mph at best. This is with a 160 hp IO-320 and C/S prop. Looks like there is something to the over squared setting that are being suggested.
I will have to play around a bit to see if there is a definite sweet spot that I can percieve.
Oh, yes it was good to see that I still remembered how, and was able to use the plane again after a 6 month period of not flying.
Jim Mantyla
Last edited by Anonymous on Mon May 09, 2011 7:04 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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