Bob Sauer wrote: > I have a three blade Warp Drive prop on my Corvair engine. How do you set the throttle to achieve max hp and also achieve 2900 rpm static for the prop? On the Warp Drive blade setting device, I now have the prop set at 25 degrees, which appears to be quite a twist. The engine will still run up to 3700 rpm. Seems like I am chasing two unknowns at the same time.
Max power is always achieved at max throttle (I least I can't imagine any exceptions other than mixture goes whacko at WOT or something like that) in a properly running engine, so that's where you start. Sounds like you need more pitch, or a different tachometer! I'd make sure you're measuring it correctly, because that doesn't sound right. If you'll go to http://www.maddyhome.com/corvairsrch/index.jsp and use "warp, pitch, and degrees" as the keyword, you'll get 44 hits on the subject. I seem to remember 15 or 19 degrees or somewhere in there being appropriate for the Corvair. Let us know what you figure out... Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net --------------------------------------------------------------
