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Offline Radioflyer

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« on: November 21, 2005, 12:12:49 PM »
From what I gathered from a very interesting engine/rpm discussion a while back in this forum, there was a person (Carolyn AKA Ez Oz?) that had fine tuned their prop to develop 2700RPM and 161Kts@ 8500' full throttle. The prop was something like a Henry 60" dia. x68-71 pitch...it wasn't real clear from the description.

Lately, the consensus seems to be that a Hertzler Silver Bullet is one of the finest props around today. Can anyone report there numbers with their props? Is 2650RPM and 158Kts @ 8500' commonly achievable?

dia.x pitch- static RPM- Cruise RPM- Cruise Kts @ altitude.
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« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2005, 12:29:24 PM »
Would love to know cost of the prop too.

thanks,

Dave
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« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2005, 01:45:17 PM »
Me too, I would love to know cost of the prop .
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« Reply #3 on: November 27, 2005, 07:41:57 PM »
I'm a little surprised there has been no data being volunteered so far. So many O-235 longs out there with so many props and nobody jotting down a little performance data....???

The Hertzler props are in the $1K region, I believe.

I would be interested in real world reports from any prop out there. The LongEz Owner's manual reports data using a Ted's 58" dia. x 72" pitch and a B&T 58 x 67. These props produced 161 Knots true @ 8,000, feet full (2840 RPM) throttle. Is anyone out there doing any better with an O-235 LongEz? The O-235 can only produce so much power, but prop efficiency significantly limits this power.
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« Reply #4 on: November 28, 2005, 05:20:43 PM »
I have a catto 58x66 3 blade and a stock 600 hr. LongEZ. O-235 L2C
I get 158Kts. @ 2700 at 8500.My LongEZ is heavy @ 870 lbs empty.
The Catto props are about $1400 for a 3 blade.
www.cattoprops.com
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« Reply #5 on: December 30, 2005, 02:26:36 AM »
I have a Herzler prop on my Long-ez.  But unfortunately, I can't vouch for the flying stats since my bird is static at the moment and I have only flown it once for 10 minutes.  But I did talk to Gary and he told me the price he is asking is $ 975.00.

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« Reply #6 on: March 19, 2006, 09:04:51 AM »
I'm still interested in this topic. Glenbob, have you been able to fly your Hertzler? Anyone else with Hertzler experience on their O-235?
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« Reply #7 on: March 19, 2006, 10:48:36 PM »
:D
  i use a 60x74 sterba...on 0235 powered varieze.....i get 2400 static full power...and 2750-2800 in level flight..@ full...all i can say is that...it does not.."spool up" as fast as my  58X60...and climb  is affected only ...your pitch angle is high and speed at 90 kts...i usually pitch at 130...and i get very good climb rates...
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