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We had carefully assembled the prop and set the pitch at a default setting of around 14 degrees. We were also very careful to torque all of the prop bolts (there's 12 in all) to the manufacturers specs. |
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It Runs. After tieing the tail down to our car trailer hitch and chocking the tires, the motor started just fine. That's my son Don protecting his face from the prop blast. |
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Here I am checking out the temperature sensors. If you look closely at the tachometer, the third large intstument from the left, you can see it reading about 3,000 rpm. |
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Here's Paul Douglas again. He was driving by and saw us testing. His GearHead hormones just took over and he had to stop. |