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I have a PA28-180 with a fixed 60inch pitch prop. I have always
wondered how much faster it would be if it had a constant speed prop. I'm hoping someone with a PA28-235 (which has a constant speed prop) could look up their speed for a reduced power setting, for example 57% which would correspond to 135hp (which is 75% of my 180hp). I know it isn't a 1:1 correlation because the 235 will be heavier, but it is basically the same airframe, so it might be an interesting comparison. As a side note, My PA28-180 has an O-360-A4A, which has a solid crankshaft, so the only CS option would be via an electric MT propeller (for which they do have an STC). I'm told this is a $10k prop, so you'd have to see a heck of a performance gain to make it worthwhile!!! |
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