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Originally Posted by fjasper
I've been considering putting on a pitchier prop and some fairings to see if I can get a little better economy out of it, but I'm not sure coroplast and duct tape would hold up very well.
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Well it's nice to meet a fellow pilot here
, I am currently in the process of studying for my PPL checkride, so I can't say that I have much experience, but all of the FAA-mandated information is still fresh on the brain. Maybe we should round up the pilots on here and start up an aviation thread.
I know if I owned a plane that I used primarily for x/country flights, I would definitely have a cruise prop on it. The economy cruise charts for the Warrior say that wheel fairings add 7 kts at cruise speed, the difference between 110 kts and 117 kts, I'd take it. And my guess is that 100LL can be safely leaned a little more at cruise than mogas.
I've never actually seen somebody hand-prop a plane... but I have to say that the 2nd try is definitely good!
The Warriors don't like to start even with the electric starter.
