Steadfast Race Prop Update

[Wayja]

The race prop for Steadfast is completed and loaded on the truck. I will be delivering it to Santa Rosa tomorrow morning for installation. My thanks to all involved who helped make this a reality. We are looking forward to good things this year at Reno.

Go Steadfast!

Wayne Johnson
General Manager
Aero Union Corp. Propeller Services
Chico, CA

[wolfee]

Re: Steadfast Race Prop Update

Good news!!!

All the best to Team Steadfast this year!

[Red]

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Great job Wayne!

[Sky Critter]

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Thanks Wayne... and everyone else that stepped up. It's cool to think my little donation helped make it happen for Will.

[RCoulter]

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Awesome! See ya at 4SD!

[MMPerk]

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This is really great news!! See you there!!! Or is, 'See you here'?

Lonnie

[Whiteside]

Re: Steadfast Race Prop Update

Prop on and installed, checked and rechecked. Flight tomorrow!
Looks Angry!
Great job Wayne and Aero union. You really came through. This really is unbelievable that you made it happen. Thanks from all of us at Team SteadFast. Glad to have you onboard.
Will

[AAFO_WSagar]

Re: Steadfast Race Prop Update

Prop on and installed, checked and rechecked. Flight tomorrow!
Looks Angry!
Great job Wayne and Aero union. You really came through. This really is unbelievable that you made it happen. Thanks from all of us at Team SteadFast. Glad to have you onboard.
Will

PEEKTURES????

[Whiteside]

Re: Steadfast Race Prop Update

PICS FROM SATURDAY
THATS WAYNE FROM AERO UNION ON THE LEFT!

[Eric]

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That looks mean! Nice!

[wolfee]

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Wow thems are short and fat.... kinda like... um... um... err nevermind..

They look great! I cant wait to hear how they work out for yeah...

Wolfee

[dadrussell]

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This is great news! All the best of luck to Steadfast for Reno.

[havard]

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In my DC-3 days we would use the wide blades on the short strip and ski work with the fine pitch stops set very fine to get good slowing, on take off you had to bring power in slow so gov would control the rpm, It would reference around 2400rpm at 30" in normal ops we set them to reference around 2200 rpm . On the airplanes that did very long legs we used the thin blades as they were faster but lost on take off performance . The point of this post is there was alot of prop drag by bringing the reference rpm up in a DC-3 going 80 kts . If I was was Will I would set the fine pitch stops as course as possible in case of gov or engine failer . I would try 1800 at 30" close to a normal cruise setting for a reference rpm . Good luck .

[Bill Marsh]

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G-jobs rock!

what a hot s*** prop!

looks like it can handle the xtra ponies


Bmarsh

[AAFO_WSagar]

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WOW... that puppy is gonna "slice" some air!