Greetings all - first post on the forum!! Apologies if I missed anything specific on this - I searched and saw a thread from about a year ago or less discussing setting prop pitch on a 912iS. I am about to pick up a Tecnam Astore with the 914 engine (almost new, <100 TT). I understand from the prior thread that Roger recommends setting the pitch for a WOT at about 5600 RPM.
It's unfortunate, of course, that here in the US our LSA's are required to have either a purely fixed pitch prop or a ground-adjustable prop. The Tecnam 914's come with the 3-blade Sensenich ground adjustable prop ... I know that there are a few P2008 turbo owners and prospective owners who have the same question.
How best to set the pitch? I'm assuming that you would set it for 5600 (?) RPM at 100 HP output rather than the 115 HP output that you can only run for 5 minutes ...
Any suggestions would be helpful. I'm picking the aircraft up in early July and plan to have my Rotax person here in Houston take a look at the pitch when I get home and would like to be able to give some guidance at that time (he will check the balance as well).
Thanks in advance!
It's unfortunate, of course, that here in the US our LSA's are required to have either a purely fixed pitch prop or a ground-adjustable prop. The Tecnam 914's come with the 3-blade Sensenich ground adjustable prop ... I know that there are a few P2008 turbo owners and prospective owners who have the same question.
How best to set the pitch? I'm assuming that you would set it for 5600 (?) RPM at 100 HP output rather than the 115 HP output that you can only run for 5 minutes ...
Any suggestions would be helpful. I'm picking the aircraft up in early July and plan to have my Rotax person here in Houston take a look at the pitch when I get home and would like to be able to give some guidance at that time (he will check the balance as well).
Thanks in advance!
